[ltp] Re: ibm-acpi-0.5

Nick Bower linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:30:30 +0100


I noticed some of the mirrors had it but not others.  Not that I could
get it - there's some poxy content filtering going on when I am.

On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 15:40, Paul Ionescu wrote:
> Hi Boris,
> 
> I receive an error when I try to download it form sourceforge.
> Version 0.4 can be downloaded but not v0.5.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 02:19:46 -0700, Borislav Deianov wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This is the fifth alpha release of my ACPI driver for IBM ThinkPad
> > laptops. The features currently supported are:
> > 
> >         - Fn key combinations
> >         - Bluetooth enable and disable
> >         - video output switching, video expansion control - ThinkLight
> >         on/off
> >         - limited docking and undocking
> >         - UltraBay device eject
> > 	- experimental CMOS control
> > 	- experimental LED control
> > 	- experimental ACPI sounds
> > 
> > A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web site,
> > http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure reports,
> > especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table. Please see
> > the included README for more information.
> > 
> > Changes since 0.4:
> > 
> > 	- thinklight support on A21e, G40, R32, T20, T21, X20 - proc file format
> > 	changed
> > 	- video_switch command
> > 	- experimental cmos control
> > 	- experimental led control
> > 	- experimental acpi sounds
> > 
> > The proc file format changed for several features in this release. Please
> > review the new file contents and update your acpid scripts as necessary.
> > The example scripts included in the distribution have also been updated
> > accordingly.
> > 
> > Please see the README about the three new experimental features and how to
> > enable them.
> > 
> > If there are no major problems, I intend to submit this release for
> > inclusion into the linux-acpi tree.
> > 
> > Boris
> > 
> > http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
>