Samsung NC 10 netbook FN keys don't work

[Benjamin Podszun]

Binary package hint: linux-image-generic

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 8.10

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.

linux-image-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.27.11.14

3) What you expected to happen

The keys should work as advertised/in the manual or at least cause no bad side effect and produce a useable event (acpi, keycode, whatever)

4) What happened instead

The keys either
a) don't work at all
b) don't generate a key release, thereby locking the keyboard and doing other evil things (like toggling the brightness between 0 and max with only a single keypress)

The issue is already more or less resolved in kernel land:
Bug on kernel.org:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12021
Relevant and working patch from exactly that bug:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=19301&action=view

It would be great to include this patch asap, since a lot of people use netbooks like this without much tinkering (i.e. building custom kernels). This should be a "just works" machine for traveling/on the road.