From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932293Ab2DQNYJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:24:09 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:40808 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932175Ab2DQNYI convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:24:08 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: fygnEFQe+FtsBGRd1vTuIpzB1/ZWTpesFnEmODfwA7Pn 1334669046 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:24:04 +0100 From: James Le Cuirot To: Seth Forshee Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: toshiba-acpi: =?UTF-8?B?UG9ydMOpZ8Op?= 3500 function keys broken since 2.6.33 Message-ID: <20120417142404.4499ca23@symphony.aura-online.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120416203957.GC3959@thinkpad-t410> References: <20120414224512.5f943f31@symphony.aura-online.co.uk> <20120416203957.GC3959@thinkpad-t410> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:39:57 -0500 Seth Forshee wrote: > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 10:45:12PM +0100, James Le Cuirot wrote: > > Following a kernel git bisect, I have found that commit > > 6335e4d56681f6f08f24f4b812a72d402793d393 broke the function keys on > > the Toshiba Portégé 3500. Details of that commit can be seen at > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/31/440. > > > > Apart from fnfxd not responding to key presses, the hotkey_ready and > > hotkey values found in /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys remain stuck on 0 > > whereas before they used to change after a single function key > > press. > > > > Some months after the commit, a patch was proposed in response to > > fix the multimedia keys on the Toshiba Satellite A40. Unfortunately > > this patch didn't fix the problem in my case. Regardless, the patch > > can be found at https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/2/27/138. > > > > Matthew Garrett initially requested an acpidump in order to diagnose > > the above problem so I have attached mine here. I also attempted to > > get the ACPI debug output but it more than filled my entire dmesg > > buffer and I wasn't even sure it was relevant. Let me know if you > > wish to see that anyway. > > > > Please CC me in your replies. > > I did some work on toshiba_acpi to support additional interfaces for > supporting hotkeys that went into 3.4. Based on your ACPI tables this > might help you, but I can't be certain, so you should give the latest > 3.4-rc a try to see if it helps. I tried 3.4-rc3 and after wrestling with a new, unrelated ACPI issue that stopped the machine from booting at all (now reverted), I found that the hotkeys still don't work. Shame, it sounded promising. James