RE: dell_wmi: Unknown key on Dell Latitude E6410

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Eric,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pali Rohár [mailto:pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 6:05 AM
> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Eric Light <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: dell_wmi: Unknown key on Dell Latitude E6410
> 
> Hi Mario!
> 
> Eric Light wrote me that on his Dell Latitude E6410 laptop, dell_wmi
> prints following messages into dmesg at every boot.
> 
> [   14.254258] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0011 and code 0xffd0 pressed
> [   14.254259] dell_wmi: Unknown WMI event type 0x12
> [   14.487922] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0011 and code 0xffd1 pressed
> [   15.014983] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0011 and code 0x01e3 pressed
> 

It almost sounds to me like B2 table is missing entries.

Is this a regression after a BIOS update?  Or it's always been this way?

> Seems that in dell_wmi we are completely missing processing of WMI
> events which starts with 0x0012 and then there are some unknown codes
> 0xffd0 and 0xffd1.
> 
> Do you have access to documentation what are those code at all? And what
> is hidden behind WMI events which starts with 0x0012?
> 
> Also Eric wrote me that pressing brightness up or down key generates
> following events:
> 
> Brightness Up:
> 
> [ 1103.717988] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0011 and code 0xffae pressed
> [ 1103.717990] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0011 and code 0xff81 pressed
> 
> Brightness Down:
> 
> [ 1157.078641] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0011 and code 0xffac pressed
> [ 1157.078644] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0011 and code 0xff80 pressed
> 
> For me it looks suspicious because why pressing one key generates those
> two 0x0011 events and why next one is generated after 2-3s...
> 
> I think the best way is to define all those events in dell_wmi to be
> ignored (as I have not heard that brightness does not work), but it
> would be a good idea to know we are going to ignore.
> 
> --
> Pali Rohár
> pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx




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