Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Mar 2009 12:53:51 +0900 | From | Mattia Dongili <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2.6.29-rc6] sony-laptop.c: Enable special FN key combinations for the Sony VAIO SR model |
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On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:37:24PM +0100, Almer S. Tigelaar wrote: > This enables the use of the FN + (F5, F6, F9, F10, F12) keys on newer > Sony VAIO SR laptops. The patch consists of two (minor) additions: one > that enables recognition of the FN + F9 key, and another that adds the > VAIO SR to the list of SNC only models (the SR does not have a SPIC). > Tested (and working) on my own machine.
Thanks a lot, but a different user already submitted something similar a few days ago. I'll submit this adnd a few others later.
... > (Apologies: patch mangled on previous sent, corrected here) > As a sidenote: This is a rather 'trivial' patch, suitable for back > porting (to drivers/misc/sony-laptop.c for pre-2.6.29 kernel trees). I > believe many more of the newer Sony VAIO laptops are SNC only. I added > only the laptop that I could actually test this for though. Anyhow, this > 'array of SNC-only exceptions' is going to get longer and longer ... we > will probably have to come up with some more permanent solution to this.
Yes, I know. I was thinking about just calling the extra acpi method combinations if all of the SN02, SN03 and SN07 methods are available. For now all the DSDT I received that have them also required the additional calls.
-- mattia :wq!
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