On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:07:24 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > I have released test version 0.14-20070708 of thinkpad-acpi through the > sourceforge.net release system. > > For now, it is only available as a patch against 2.6.21.6, but if > someone needs if for 2.6.20.15, please drop me a note. You can find it > at: > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php? group_id=117042&package_id=230205 > > This release is being done to try to fix the Lenovo ThinkPads backlight > brightness control and hot key issues for 2.6.23. However, this means I > need *testers*. If we don't test it enough, support for those thinkpads > may remain broken in 2.6.23. > > This test release should not break anything for IBM thinkpads, but > testing on those thinkpads is also welcome. It does make some changes > to the default hot key keymap on both types of thinkpads, though. > > Changes: > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh (6): > ACPI: thinkpad_acpi: use bool for boolean parameters ACPI: > thinkpad-acpi: add basic CMOS NVRAM support pci-ids: add Lenovo > PCI vendor ID > ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: store ThinkPad model information ACPI: > thinkpad-acpi: allow use of CMOS NVRAM for brightness control > ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: react to Lenovo ThinkPad differences in hot > key > > > HOW AND WHAT TO TEST: > > You should test the brightness and volume hot keys, and also brightness > control through the procfs or sysfs interfaces. > > You should test it with and without the ACPI video module loaded. start > the test with the ACPI video module *loaded*, and only if something > weird happens, unload it. > > Please test it *without* GNOME or KDE, and without tpb, thinkpad- keys, > or any other NVRAM thinkpad key helper loaded first (i.e. in a console, > or somesuch). Then, test it in your normal desktop environment. > > Expected behaviour: > * brightness control interface works (procfs writes) * brightness > up/down keys work in console mode as long as ACPI video is loaded. > > Expected breakage (need reports to avoid it): > * T60, X60, Z-series that are not using the latest > "Vista-ready" BIOSes may not work fine, and require the > "brightness_mode=3" parameter to work. > > I am not sure about the volume hot keys. Nobody reported how they are > behaving on the *60 and *61 machines yet directly to me, but I have > seen some mentions of only mute working. They might need the same fix > that was done to brightness. Please check that. > > When reporting results: > * ALWAYS include your BIOS *full* version (e.g. 1ZET99WW) * Please > include model name (e.g. Lenovo X60t) > > Other data: > thinkpad-acpi will select "brightness_mode=2" for lenovo thinkpads, and > "brightness_mode=3" for IBM thinkpads. If things are not working, try > messing with that parameter and report back if it fixes things. > > If volume is not working, please check if EC offset 0x30 is being > modified by volume keys, and wether modifying its contents modify the > volume, much like the way it was done to track down the brightness > issue. CMOS commands 0, 1 and 2 should work if offset 0x30 is not. > Please report back with your findings. > > The kernel ACPI video module reacts to the ACPI brightness change > events, and the new BIOSes apparently do produce those instead of > changing the brightness directly in firmware. So, the presence of this > module may be a key factor on brightness keys working, and I need to > know about this for sure. > > tpb, thinkpad-keys and HAL often react to brightness UP/DOWN as well, > and so they might skew test results. Therefore, please test in a > console with these things unloaded first, and then test with whatever > your normal desktop environment is. > > Thank you for your help.
Is there any chance we can see a patch for 2.6.22? I would love to test this out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ ibm-acpi-devel mailing list ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
