[systemd-devel] Alienware graphics amplifier scancodes

[David Herrmann]

Hi

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Mario Limonciello
<mario_limonciello at dell.com> wrote:
> On 06/04/2015 01:31 AM, David Herrmann wrote:
>>
>> Last but not least: Did you try fixing the alienware x86-platform
>> driver to provide the correct mappings instead of adding a user-space
>> fixup?
>
> I'm unsure what is a "correct" mapping.  These scancodes are what we have
> specc'ed out the hardware to interpret.  The Windows userspace app we use
> does pick up these scancodes to do the right user notification event and I'm
> looking to bring parity for that on the Linux side.

As it turns out, the i8042 subsystem does not allow to easily hook
into the key-mapping. Can you provide your hwdb entry via
github.com/systemd/systemd please?

Thanks
David