[GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21-rc4

2007-03-21 Thread Len Brown
Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release This batch includes fixes to two visible 2.6.21 regressions -- the immediate suspend wakeup, and the the acpi_serialize deadlock. The later is a revert that touches a lot of code, but

[GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21-rc4

2007-03-21 Thread Len Brown
Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release This batch includes fixes to two visible 2.6.21 regressions -- the immediate suspend wakeup, and the the acpi_serialize deadlock. The later is a revert that touches a lot of code, but

[GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21-rc3

2007-03-09 Thread Len Brown
Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release This should delete a good part of the 2.6.21-rc regression list. This will update the files shown below. thanks! -Len ps. individual patches are available on linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org

[GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21-rc3

2007-03-09 Thread Len Brown
Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release This should delete a good part of the 2.6.21-rc regression list. This will update the files shown below. thanks! -Len ps. individual patches are available on linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:09:59PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > commit 4465857d5f99079bae00621626adf74ed8256296 > > > > Author: Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Sat Jan 13 23:04:39 2007 +0100 > > > > > > > > sony_acpi: Add lanpower and audiopower controls > >

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > > commit 4465857d5f99079bae00621626adf74ed8256296 > > > Author: Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Sat Jan 13 23:04:39 2007 +0100 > > > > > > sony_acpi: Add lanpower and audiopower controls > > > > > > audiopower works well on my SZ72B so it's not marked has

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:17:53PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:22:13PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote: > > > the audiopower is basically a _PS3/_PS0 switch for the device, while the > > lanpower plays with the embedded controller to powerdown/powerup. > > > > Now,

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:22:13PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote: > the audiopower is basically a _PS3/_PS0 switch for the device, while the > lanpower plays with the embedded controller to powerdown/powerup. > > Now, unfortunately those methods are attached to a fake device in the > DSDT and

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 04:57:52AM +, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > commit 4465857d5f99079bae00621626adf74ed8256296 > > Author: Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sat Jan 13 23:04:39 2007 +0100 > > > > sony_acpi: Add lanpower and audiopower controls > > > >

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 04:57:52AM +, Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! commit 4465857d5f99079bae00621626adf74ed8256296 Author: Mattia Dongili [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat Jan 13 23:04:39 2007 +0100 sony_acpi: Add lanpower and audiopower controls audiopower works well on

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:22:13PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote: the audiopower is basically a _PS3/_PS0 switch for the device, while the lanpower plays with the embedded controller to powerdown/powerup. Now, unfortunately those methods are attached to a fake device in the DSDT and afaict

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:17:53PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:22:13PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote: the audiopower is basically a _PS3/_PS0 switch for the device, while the lanpower plays with the embedded controller to powerdown/powerup. Now, unfortunately

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! commit 4465857d5f99079bae00621626adf74ed8256296 Author: Mattia Dongili [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat Jan 13 23:04:39 2007 +0100 sony_acpi: Add lanpower and audiopower controls audiopower works well on my SZ72B so it's not marked has debug while lanpower

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-06 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:09:59PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! commit 4465857d5f99079bae00621626adf74ed8256296 Author: Mattia Dongili [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat Jan 13 23:04:39 2007 +0100 sony_acpi: Add lanpower and audiopower controls audiopower

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-05 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > commit 4465857d5f99079bae00621626adf74ed8256296 > Author: Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat Jan 13 23:04:39 2007 +0100 > > sony_acpi: Add lanpower and audiopower controls > > audiopower works well on my SZ72B so it's not marked has "debug" while > lanpower >

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-03-05 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! commit 4465857d5f99079bae00621626adf74ed8256296 Author: Mattia Dongili [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat Jan 13 23:04:39 2007 +0100 sony_acpi: Add lanpower and audiopower controls audiopower works well on my SZ72B so it's not marked has debug while lanpower has at

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-26 Thread Zhang Rui
On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 15:53 +, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > the old /proc/acpi/ interfaces with cleaner interfaces in sysfs -- > > > > non-ACPI-specific generic ones whenever possible. This effort > > > > is not complete, but it has been in -mm for a long time and > > > > I believe

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-26 Thread Zhang Rui
On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 15:53 +, Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! the old /proc/acpi/ interfaces with cleaner interfaces in sysfs -- non-ACPI-specific generic ones whenever possible. This effort is not complete, but it has been in -mm for a long time and I believe that it is time to

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-22 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > > the old /proc/acpi/ interfaces with cleaner interfaces in sysfs -- > > > non-ACPI-specific generic ones whenever possible. This effort > > > is not complete, but it has been in -mm for a long time and > > > I believe that it is time to push it upstream to benefit > > > from broader

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-22 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! the old /proc/acpi/ interfaces with cleaner interfaces in sysfs -- non-ACPI-specific generic ones whenever possible. This effort is not complete, but it has been in -mm for a long time and I believe that it is time to push it upstream to benefit from broader exposure and

[GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-02-16 Thread Len Brown
Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release This... Fixes some battery, thermal, and fan related bugs. Adds the sony-laptop driver, which controls brightness on akpm's vaio... Removes the experimental hotkey driver, per schedule.

[GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II (resend)

2007-02-16 Thread Len Brown
Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release This... Fixes some battery, thermal, and fan related bugs. Adds the sony-laptop driver, which controls brightness on akpm's vaio... Removes the experimental hotkey driver, per schedule.

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-14 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > > > Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it? > > > > > > Don't worry, I am already on my way to kill /proc/acpi/ibm... :-) > > > > Great, thanks! > > Pavel > > None of the platform/hwmon/led driver model

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-14 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it? Don't worry, I am already on my way to kill /proc/acpi/ibm... :-) Great, thanks! Pavel None of the platform/hwmon/led driver model code landed there

[GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II

2007-02-13 Thread Len Brown
Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release This... adds the sony-laptop driver, which controls brightness on akpm's vaio... removes the experimental hotkey driver, per schedule. adds the ACPI support needed by the upcoming rtc

[GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 - part II

2007-02-13 Thread Len Brown
Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release This... adds the sony-laptop driver, which controls brightness on akpm's vaio... removes the experimental hotkey driver, per schedule. adds the ACPI support needed by the upcoming rtc

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-11 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it? > > > > Don't worry, I am already on my way to kill /proc/acpi/ibm... :-) > > Great, thanks! > Pavel None of the

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-11 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it? > > Don't worry, I am already on my way to kill /proc/acpi/ibm... :-) Great, thanks! Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures)

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-11 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it? Don't worry, I am already on my way to kill /proc/acpi/ibm... :-) Great, thanks! Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures)

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-11 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it? Don't worry, I am already on my way to kill /proc/acpi/ibm... :-) Great, thanks! Pavel None of the platform/hwmon/led

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Ismail Dönmez
On Saturday 10 February 2007 18:39:27 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Ismail Dönmez wrote: > > Hmmf looks like a userspace bug, but it certainly did work before ACPI > > update. > > Well, I don't know if this is the case here, but after reading the userland > code that

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Ismail Dönmez
On Saturday 10 February 2007 17:52:13 Ismail Dönmez wrote: > On Saturday 10 February 2007 14:07:13 Holger Macht wrote: > > On Sat 10. Feb - 10:27:14, Ismail Dönmez wrote: > > > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:18:50 Len Brown wrote: > > > > Hi Linus, > > > > > > > > please pull from: > > > > > > >

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Ismail Dönmez wrote: > Hmmf looks like a userspace bug, but it certainly did work before ACPI update. Well, I don't know if this is the case here, but after reading the userland code that people use on most applets to read /proc/acpi/ibm, I was upset and disgusted for days.

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Ismail Dönmez
On Saturday 10 February 2007 14:07:13 Holger Macht wrote: > On Sat 10. Feb - 10:27:14, Ismail Dönmez wrote: > > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:18:50 Len Brown wrote: > > > Hi Linus, > > > > > > please pull from: > > > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git >

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Holger Macht
On Sat 10. Feb - 10:27:14, Ismail Dönmez wrote: > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:18:50 Len Brown wrote: > > Hi Linus, > > > > please pull from: > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git > > release > > > > ACPICA Core version 2070126 simplifies the ACPI table

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Ismail Dönmez
On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:18:50 Len Brown wrote: > Hi Linus, > > please pull from: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git > release > > ACPICA Core version 2070126 simplifies the ACPI table manager > code by consolidating multiple table definitions into

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Ismail Dönmez
On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:18:50 Len Brown wrote: Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release ACPICA Core version 2070126 simplifies the ACPI table manager code by consolidating multiple table definitions into one. It

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Holger Macht
On Sat 10. Feb - 10:27:14, Ismail Dönmez wrote: On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:18:50 Len Brown wrote: Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release ACPICA Core version 2070126 simplifies the ACPI table manager code by

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Ismail Dönmez
On Saturday 10 February 2007 14:07:13 Holger Macht wrote: On Sat 10. Feb - 10:27:14, Ismail Dönmez wrote: On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:18:50 Len Brown wrote: Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Ismail Dönmez wrote: Hmmf looks like a userspace bug, but it certainly did work before ACPI update. Well, I don't know if this is the case here, but after reading the userland code that people use on most applets to read /proc/acpi/ibm, I was upset and disgusted for days.

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Ismail Dönmez
On Saturday 10 February 2007 17:52:13 Ismail Dönmez wrote: On Saturday 10 February 2007 14:07:13 Holger Macht wrote: On Sat 10. Feb - 10:27:14, Ismail Dönmez wrote: On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:18:50 Len Brown wrote: Hi Linus, please pull from:

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-10 Thread Ismail Dönmez
On Saturday 10 February 2007 18:39:27 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Ismail Dönmez wrote: Hmmf looks like a userspace bug, but it certainly did work before ACPI update. Well, I don't know if this is the case here, but after reading the userland code that people use

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Len Brown
On Friday 09 February 2007 18:09, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > Per your request, and the request of the distros, we've changed > > how ACPICA Core releases are integrated into Linux so that each > > upstream (CVS) check-in appears as a single git commit. > > While this process is not yet

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 05:24:10PM -0800, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote: > The user interface for the Bay driver is via sysfs - it is a platform > driver Though, ideally, in the long run it'll be tied into the PATA/SATA interface that it's associated with. That involves a little more magic,

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 09 Feb 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: > Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it? Don't worry, I am already on my way to kill /proc/acpi/ibm... :-) -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Kristen Carlson Accardi
On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 23:09:29 + Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > > Per your request, and the request of the distros, we've changed > > how ACPICA Core releases are integrated into Linux so that each > > upstream (CVS) check-in appears as a single git commit. > > While this

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > Per your request, and the request of the distros, we've changed > how ACPICA Core releases are integrated into Linux so that each > upstream (CVS) check-in appears as a single git commit. > While this process is not yet perfect, it should be vastly better > than previous "code drops" in

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! Per your request, and the request of the distros, we've changed how ACPICA Core releases are integrated into Linux so that each upstream (CVS) check-in appears as a single git commit. While this process is not yet perfect, it should be vastly better than previous code drops in allowing

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Kristen Carlson Accardi
On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 23:09:29 + Pavel Machek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Per your request, and the request of the distros, we've changed how ACPICA Core releases are integrated into Linux so that each upstream (CVS) check-in appears as a single git commit. While this process is not

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 09 Feb 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it? Don't worry, I am already on my way to kill /proc/acpi/ibm... :-) -- One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 05:24:10PM -0800, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote: The user interface for the Bay driver is via sysfs - it is a platform driver Though, ideally, in the long run it'll be tied into the PATA/SATA interface that it's associated with. That involves a little more magic,

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-09 Thread Len Brown
On Friday 09 February 2007 18:09, Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! Per your request, and the request of the distros, we've changed how ACPICA Core releases are integrated into Linux so that each upstream (CVS) check-in appears as a single git commit. While this process is not yet perfect, it

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-07 Thread Len Brown
On Wednesday 07 February 2007 16:55, Al Boldi wrote: > Len Brown wrote: > > ACPICA Core version 2070126 simplifies the ACPI table manager > > code by consolidating multiple table definitions into one. > > It also saves memory by mapping the tables where the BIOS provides them > > rather than

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-07 Thread Al Boldi
Len Brown wrote: > ACPICA Core version 2070126 simplifies the ACPI table manager > code by consolidating multiple table definitions into one. > It also saves memory by mapping the tables where the BIOS provides them > rather than copying them into the kernel. Thanks for the update, but does it

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-07 Thread Al Boldi
Len Brown wrote: ACPICA Core version 2070126 simplifies the ACPI table manager code by consolidating multiple table definitions into one. It also saves memory by mapping the tables where the BIOS provides them rather than copying them into the kernel. Thanks for the update, but does it fix

Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

2007-02-07 Thread Len Brown
On Wednesday 07 February 2007 16:55, Al Boldi wrote: Len Brown wrote: ACPICA Core version 2070126 simplifies the ACPI table manager code by consolidating multiple table definitions into one. It also saves memory by mapping the tables where the BIOS provides them rather than copying them