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[Michał Kępień <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxx>]

These are not the patches you are looking for. *ba dum tsss*

They fix a related issue, which I discovered while trying to get the
Instant Launch hotkey working.  They are of course an improvement, but
those patches alone won't solve the problem for which this bug was
created.

The actual fix is in the making.  It will take a while more as some
refactoring of Dell-related code already present in the kernel has to be
done before implementing this fix.  Rest assured that I have not
forgotten about this bug and will let you guys know once things move
forward.

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Title:
  Dell Vostro V131: special keys not working

Status in udev:
  New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Bug filed, following conversation on IRC at:

    http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2013/07/28/%23ubuntu-devel.html#t07:45

  I own a Dell Vostro V131. This model has 3 special hotkeys (quick
  launch keys:

  http://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/v131tastatur_01.jpg

  There are documented in page 1 of the manual:

    ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-
  products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_vostro_notebook/vostro-v131_Setup
  %20Guide_en-us.pdf

  as being:

    1. "Windows mobility center" (this hotkey generates [Mod]+[x])
    2. "Dell support center"
    3. "Dell instant launch manager"

  This was previous raised at:

    http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg03124.html
    http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg04444.html

  The "Dell support center" key generates keycode 0xEE, but misses
  release event. I got it working with an udev "keyboard force release"
  quirk, see attached patch in the '4444' email.

  However, the "Dell instant launch manager" key doesn't generate
  anything, neither through dell-wmi nor i8042. It's the rightmost
  button in the right upper corner of the keyboard.  The ACPI interrupt-
  count appears to increment, as seen with:

    http://www.mail-archive.com/platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg03126.html
    watch -n 0,1 cat /proc/interrupts

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