Re: [PATCH] drivers/input/misc: Added Acer TravelMate 240 support to the wistron button interface

Ashutosh Naik <[email protected]> Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:18:20 +0530

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-laptop,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On 12/11/05, Miloslav Trmac <[email protected]> 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.

Regards
Ashutosh