APPLIED(B,C): [SRU] [B/C/D/Unstable] [PATCH 0/1] Silent "Unknown key" message when pressing keyboard backlight hotkey

[Khaled Elmously]

On 2019-02-21 21:38:37 , Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1817063
> 
> [Impact]
> Kernel message shows this once keyboard backlight hotkey gets pressed:
> [ 3285.474172] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0010 and code 0x003f pressed 
> It's for notification purpose, doesn't have any function.
> 
> [Fix]
> Use KE_IGNORE for this type of event, so the keymap won't parse it.
> 
> [Test]
> Once the patch is applied, the annoyance goes away.
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> Low. This patch silence the useless message, no functional change.
> 
> Kai-Heng Feng (1):
>   platform/x86: dell-wmi: Ignore new keyboard backlight change event
> 
>  drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
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> 2.17.1
> 
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