RE: [git pull 02/14] Add Wistron driver

["Yu, Luming" <luming.yu@intel.com>]

>Miloslav Trmac wrote:
>> 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.
>
>>>>If your laptop provides the hotkey events via ACPI, simply don't use
>>>>wistron_btns.
>>>
>>>wistron driver should be disabled if acpi hotkey enabled.
>> 
>> It is implicitly disabled because it contains DMI ids of 
>known laptops,
>> and its module_init() fails with -ENODEV when used on other hardware,
>> before ever touching the BIOS.
>> 
>> I therefore can't see how it could break anything unless you have
>> explicitly supplied module parameters to override this check.
>On second thought, do you by "found BIOS interfaces" mean "found BIOS
>interfaces when asked to" or "matched the existing Aspire 1500 DMI ID"?

I found this in dmesg:

wistron_btns: BIOS signature found at c00f6920, entry point 000FDC10
input: Wistron laptop buttons as /class/input/input2

>
>Thanks,
>	Mirek
>
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