Commit 79491ca4 authored by Len Brown's avatar Len Brown

Merge branch 'thinkpad-acpi' into release

parents f1f055f1 aa2fbcec
ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
Version 0.21 Version 0.22
May 29th, 2008 November 23rd, 2008
Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net> Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
...@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers. ...@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers.
This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release
0.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was 0.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was
moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel
2.6.22, and release 0.14. 2.6.22, and release 0.14. It was moved to drivers/platform/x86 for
kernel 2.6.29 and release 0.22.
The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module
names, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace issues. names, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace issues.
...@@ -1412,6 +1413,24 @@ Sysfs notes: ...@@ -1412,6 +1413,24 @@ Sysfs notes:
rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw": refer to rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw": refer to
Documentation/rfkill.txt for details. Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
EXPERIMENTAL: UWB
-----------------
This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively
tested and validated in various ThinkPad models yet. The feature may not
work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply
the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw"
This feature exports an rfkill controller for the UWB device, if one is
present and enabled in the BIOS.
Sysfs notes:
rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw": refer to
Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
Multiple Commands, Module Parameters Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
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...@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI ...@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI
If you have an IBM or Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, say Y or M here. If you have an IBM or Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, say Y or M here.
config THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUGFACILITIES
bool "Maintainer debug facilities"
depends on THINKPAD_ACPI
default n
---help---
Enables extra stuff in the thinkpad-acpi which is completely useless
for normal use. Read the driver source to find out what it does.
Say N here, unless you were told by a kernel maintainer to do
otherwise.
config THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUG config THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUG
bool "Verbose debug mode" bool "Verbose debug mode"
depends on THINKPAD_ACPI depends on THINKPAD_ACPI
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