[Bug 50342] Fn key not activated on MacBook

[Nicholas Rahn]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.15-25-686

I have a white, MacBook, 2.0Ghz with a Swiss-French keyboard.  There was
a patch included in the latest security release of the kernel
(2.6.15-25) to activate the Fn key on other MacBooks (patch by Ryan
Lortie).  This unfortunately did not activate the Fn key on my MacBook.
The product ID of my keyboard is 0x0218, which is not included in the
hid_blacklist in drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c.

I added this product ID to hid-core.c, compiled and installed the module
and now the Fn key is activated.

For reference, here is the output of lsusb:

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05ac:8300 Apple Computer, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 05ac:8205 Apple Computer, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05ac:0218 Apple Computer, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05ac:8240 Apple Computer, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

I thought it could be nice to include this by default in hid-core.c

Cheers,
Nick

** Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Fn key not activated on MacBook
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