So it is me with Dell Inspiron 5100 again. To answer Lethe's question,
the model is identified as:
sudo dmidecode | grep 5100
Product Name: Inspiron 5100
I attached the output of dmidecode on my laptop previously, I understand
that most info should be there. Please let me know if you need more
information beyond that.
I recompiled the kernel with the only change being that in
/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c, the line
DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
replaced with
DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Computer Corporation"),
and now the recompiled kernel indeed does not have any problem with
Fn+Up, Fn+Down keys on my machine. Of course, this kernel would not work
for those Dell laptops which are from "Dell Inc.". So it is really about
differences in how these laptops identify themselves.
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