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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 4/5] dell-wmi: properly process Dell Instant Launch hotkey
On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 07:46:32PM +0100, Michał Kępień wrote:
> > Your description below helped explain why the KE_KEY change was necessary, the
> > commit message didn't do that for me. Just explicitly stating "when there is no
> > i8042 interrupt, the WMI even must generate a valid KE_KEY" or something along
> > those lines would help.
>
> I will do that in v5, then.
>
> > > > > > > > > > { KE_IGNORE, 0xe026, { KEY_RESERVED } },
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > { KE_IGNORE, 0xe02e, { KEY_VOLUMEDOWN } },
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > @@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ static void dell_wmi_process_key(int
> > > > > > > > > > reported_key)
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > acpi_video_handles_brightness_key_presses())
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > return;
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > + if (key->keycode == KEY_PROG4 &&
> > > > > > > > > > !wmi_requires_smbios_request) + return;
> > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Here I would rather test against reported_key, not keycode. If
> > > > > > > > > somebody in future adds KEY_PROG4 for something else we will
> > > > > > > > > have problem...
> >
> > And ultimately, that is under our control. So let's just not do that :-)
> >
> > A comment by the definition of KEY_PROG4 that notes it's meaning in this driver
> > should prevent any future attempts at overloading it and breaking this.
>
> As I'll be sending a v5 anyway, do you think Pali's idea is bad?
> Personally, I'm leaning towards it. IMHO comparing against reported_key
> would emphasize the fact that only event 0xe025 is "special" and chances
> are that there are no other WMI event codes which need to be handled
> this way.

I took another look at the discussion on 5/5 regarding event 0xe029, and after
that, no, no objection from me. Go ahead with Pali's recommendation to test
against reported_key.

--
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center

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