Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:03:11 -0800 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Input: atkbd - Add force relese key quirk for HP ProBook |
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 04:46:04PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 06:36:10PM -0600, Manoj Iyer wrote: > > HP ProBooks do not send a key release for brightness keys, as a > > result, brightness does not move up/down when the brightness key > > is held down. This quirk makes the brightness keys on HP ProBooks > > typematic. > > > > Signed-off-by: Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer@canonical.com> > > --- > > drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > > 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > <formletter> > > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the > stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > for how to do this properly. > > </formletter>
Also, this should be handled from userspace by having usev write to /sys/bus/serio/devices/serioX/force_release attribute on affected boxes.
-- Dmitry
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