Dell WMI

jd1008 jd1008 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 30 00:50:58 UTC 2015


/var/log/messages has many messages like these


Jul 27 15:39:47 localhost kernel: [18095.720272] dell_wmi: Received 
unknown WMI event (0x11)
Jul 27 15:39:48 localhost kernel: [18097.999973] dell_wmi: Received 
unknown WMI event (0x11)
Jul 27 15:40:38 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 27 15:40:41 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 28 09:28:16 localhost kernel: [   17.818200] wmi: Mapper loaded
Jul 28 09:28:16 localhost kernel: [   18.128714] input: Dell WMI hotkeys 
as /devices/virtual/input/input11
Jul 27 21:13:10 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 27 21:13:12 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 28 09:28:10 localhost kernel: wmi: Mapper loaded
Jul 28 09:28:10 localhost kernel: input: Dell WMI hotkeys as 
/devices/virtual/input/input11
Jul 28 14:33:20 localhost kernel: [   10.917483] wmi: Mapper loaded
Jul 28 14:33:20 localhost kernel: [   11.184338] input: Dell WMI hotkeys 
as /devices/virtual/input/input8
Jul 28 11:34:28 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 28 11:34:28 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 28 14:33:15 localhost kernel: wmi: Mapper loaded
Jul 28 14:33:15 localhost kernel: input: Dell WMI hotkeys as 
/devices/virtual/input/input8
Jul 28 21:04:06 localhost kernel: [   11.269317] wmi: Mapper loaded
Jul 28 21:04:06 localhost kernel: [   11.382839] input: Dell WMI hotkeys 
as /devices/virtual/input/input12
Jul 28 18:39:48 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 28 18:39:49 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 28 21:04:02 localhost kernel: wmi: Mapper loaded
Jul 28 21:04:02 localhost kernel: input: Dell WMI hotkeys as 
/devices/virtual/input/input12
Jul 29 16:30:12 localhost kernel: [   18.138436] wmi: Mapper loaded
Jul 29 16:30:12 localhost kernel: [   18.354453] input: Dell WMI hotkeys 
as /devices/virtual/input/input11
Jul 28 22:15:25 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 28 22:15:27 localhost kernel: dell_wmi: Received unknown WMI event 
(0x11)
Jul 29 16:30:08 localhost kernel: wmi: Mapper loaded
Jul 29 16:30:08 localhost kernel: input: Dell WMI hotkeys as 
/devices/virtual/input/input11

So, is fedora going to provide a good interrupt handler to deal with 
these interrupts and service them correctly
the way Dell intended them to be serviced?

I wonder how windows handles these.




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