On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:36:08 +0100
Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> * Ângelo Miguel Arrifano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > If you have your disassembled dsdt acpi table at hand, just grep it for 
> > PNP0C32. If
> > PNP0C32 is referenced then yes, it should support.
> 
> On my HP G8000 I've found two devices with that ID: "DBTN", "QBTN"
> (I really wonder where these two buttons are ;-o)
On my laptop DBTN is the DVD button. QBTN is the Quickplay button. On Vista
they are intended to bring DVD or Quickplay at startup.
Anyway, on linux you can assign each button to whatever you want. Just make a 
simple
script to check button state at startup and do something :)

> 
> Is this box supported ?
> 
> > Anyway, you can always build the kernel module and load it. It won't harm 
> > your laptop
> > in case it's not supported.
> 
> Okay, I'll have a try.
> 
> BTW: great job on the userland interface - using synthetic filesystems
> (like sysfs) are IMHO much better than arch dependent syscalls or
> netlink sockets :)
Thanks, I was encouraged by linux-acpi mailing list.

> 
> 
> BTW#2: if you like to get some hosting resources (eg. wiki page, 
> fully integrated mail+web message boards, etc), just let me know.

I'm very pleased by that. Thanks.

> 
> 
> cu
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