Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [git pull 02/14] Add Wistron driver | Date | Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:57:17 +0800 | From | "Yu, Luming" <> |
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>Miloslav Trmac wrote: >> Yu, Luming wrote: >>>>> I just tested module wistron_btn on one Acer Aspire laptop after >>>>> adding one dmi entry. The wistron_btn found BIOS interfaces. > >>>>If your laptop provides the hotkey events via ACPI, simply don't use >>>>wistron_btns. >>> >>>wistron driver should be disabled if acpi hotkey enabled. >> >> It is implicitly disabled because it contains DMI ids of >known laptops, >> and its module_init() fails with -ENODEV when used on other hardware, >> before ever touching the BIOS. >> >> I therefore can't see how it could break anything unless you have >> explicitly supplied module parameters to override this check. >On second thought, do you by "found BIOS interfaces" mean "found BIOS >interfaces when asked to" or "matched the existing Aspire 1500 DMI ID"?
I found this in dmesg:
wistron_btns: BIOS signature found at c00f6920, entry point 000FDC10 input: Wistron laptop buttons as /class/input/input2
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