Hi, On 10/9/20 10:26 AM, Pali Rohár wrote:
On Friday 09 October 2020 02:33:49 Gerardo Esteban Malazdrewicz wrote:dell-laptop doesn't even load as is ('No such device') However, adding an entry in dell_device_table, based on dmidecode output (Vendor: Alienware, Type: 10), allows it to load. But I don't know how to test for any of this additional functionality. What should I look for?Hello! dell-laptop driver provides following features: * rfkill interface for enabling/disabling wifi and bluetooth - check presence of "*dell*" by /sbin/rfkill utility * backlight interface for controlling display brightness - check presence of "dell_backlight" in /sys/class/backlight/ * touchpad led (if your touchpad has some led) - check presence of "dell-laptop::touchpad" in /sys/class/leds * configuring keyboard backlight - check presence of "dell::kbd_backlight" in /sys/class/leds * led for microphone mute - check presence of "platform::micmute" in /sys/class/leds
Thanks Pali, that is a great answer. Note that the dell-wmi driver also depends on the dell-smbios-base module, so you should also check if the dell-wmi driver offers any additional functionality on your laptop (if it does then that would also be a reason to move forward with your dell-smbios-base patch). Pali, can you perhaps make a similar feature list for the dell-wmi driver ? Regards, Hans
