From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751029AbVLBULU (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:11:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751031AbVLBULU (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:11:20 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:26044 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751026AbVLBULS (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:11:18 -0500 Message-ID: <4390AA5C.7030602@volny.cz> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 21:11:08 +0100 From: Miloslav Trmac User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Yu, Luming" CC: Dmitry Torokhov , Linus Torvalds , Vojtech Pavlik , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: References: <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F84041AC237@pdsmsx403> In-Reply-To: <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F84041AC237@pdsmsx403> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Yu, Luming wrote: > I just tested module wistron_btn on one Acer Aspire laptop after > adding one dmi entry. The wistron_btn found BIOS interfaces. > One visible error is the bluetooth light won't turn on upon > stroking bluetooth button. > Without wistron_btn module, the bluetooth light works. > with acpi enabled, I didn't try acpi disabled) > > wistron_btn polls a cmos address to detect hotkey event. It > is not necessary, because there do have ACPI interrupt triggered upon > hotkeys. There are many different laptops using similar interfaces. It is a mess :( If your laptop provides the hotkey events via ACPI, simply don't use wistron_btns. > So, my suggestion is to disable this module when ACPI enabled. I have a laptop that needs this module (hotkeys are not supported via ACPI), but supports ACPI. Mirek