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

[Yu, Luming]

>
>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.

wistron driver should be disabled if acpi hotkey enabled.

>
>> 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.

 Could you share me acpidump output of your laptop?
Please attach it at :
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5692

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