Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:18:20 +0530 | From | Ashutosh Naik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers/input/misc: Added Acer TravelMate 240 support to the wistron button interface |
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On 12/11/05, Miloslav Trmac <mitr@volny.cz> wrote:
> > This patch adds Acer TravelMate 240 support to the wistron button > > interface. This means that the buttons on top of the > > keyboard(including ones for Wifi and Bluetooth), which hitherto did > > not work, work now. I have tested it on my laptop and it seems to work > > great. > Please check that the ACPI "button.ko" driver can't provide the > functionality; newer laptops apparently work better with that driver > (http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/12/2/61).
The Acer TravelMate 240 laptop supports ACPI, but the ACPI does not support hotkeys. Hence hotkeys just would not work without this module.
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