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authorErik Waling <erikw@acc.umu.se>2005-09-06 15:17:02 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-09-07 16:57:24 -0700
commitd2052c1676a39cae101a81f3da8a4ade8b668c88 (patch)
treebc812cc27e1800a1849cdebb97a6dc0bba5b8c93 /Documentation/sonypi.txt
parent2865cf001878d22d5fd12e5215621dffbcad76dc (diff)
[PATCH] sonypi SPIC initialisation fix
Newer Sony VAIO models (VGN-S480, VGN-S460, VGN-S3XP etc) use a new method to initialize the SPIC device. The new way to initialize (and disable) the device comes directly from the AML code in the _CRS, _SRS and _DIS methods from the DSDT table. This patch adds support for the new models. Signed-off-by: Erik Waling <erikw@acc.umu.se> Signed-off-by: Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ statically linked into the kernel). Those options are:
SONYPI_MEYE_MASK 0x0400
SONYPI_MEMORYSTICK_MASK 0x0800
SONYPI_BATTERY_MASK 0x1000
+ SONYPI_WIRELESS_MASK 0x2000
useinput: if set (which is the default) two input devices are
created, one which interprets the jogdial events as
@@ -137,6 +138,15 @@ Bugs:
speed handling etc). Use ACPI instead of APM if it works on your
laptop.
+ - sonypi lacks the ability to distinguish between certain key
+ events on some models.
+
+ - some models with the nvidia card (geforce go 6200 tc) uses a
+ different way to adjust the backlighting of the screen. There
+ is a userspace utility to adjust the brightness on those models,
+ which can be downloaded from
+ http://www.acc.umu.se/~erikw/program/smartdimmer-0.1.tar.bz2
+
- since all development was done by reverse engineering, there is
_absolutely no guarantee_ that this driver will not crash your
laptop. Permanently.