>-----Original Message-----
>From: Islam Amer [mailto:pharon@gmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:52 PM
>To: Matthew Garrett
>Cc: Kabir, Rezwanul; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
>platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org;
akpm@linux-foundation.org
>Subject: Re: Dell Studio 1555 eject key does not work ( small
>patch to fix included )
>
>Hello all,
>
>My bios version is A08 , I see that A11 was recently released
>but the changelog doesn't say much.
>
>Which is better, upgrade and hope the problem goes away, or
>wait until we have a fix that is agreed upon ?
>
>Thanks.
>
>On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Matthew Garrett
><mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:56PM -0500,
>Rezwanul_Kabir@Dell.com wrote:
>>> Hi Islam Amer
>>>
>>> I got report that "Ubuntu 10.04 + BIOS A11" was tested and the
>>> "Eject CD" key is working
>>> as expected. Sorry, I couldn't find any Studio 1555 to
>test myself
>>> and cannot provide you
>>> with more details.
>>>
>>> Also, you may try acpi_osi="Windows 2009" kernel
>parameter and see if there is any difference.
>>
>> That's the default on any kernel that has this support in dell-wmi.
>> Rez, could you let me know if the proposed patch breaks the spec in
>> ways that are likely to cause problems?
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Garrett |
mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
>>
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