[ltp] Re: [ACPI] ibm-acpi-0.4

PSI-Systems linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:11:31 +0200


> This is the fourth 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
>
> So far, it has been tested on several T, X and R series ThinkPads. I
> appreciate any user reports, either successful or unsuccessful. Please
> see the included README for more information.
>
> Changes since 0.3:
>
>        - support for video output switching
>        - video expansion control
>        - UltraBase device eject
>        - all commands can be issued as module parameters at insmod time
>        - the hotkey mask can be in a 0xXXXX format
>        - dropped the brightness/LCD off feature, didn't work
It works here (IBM A31 2652-M5G). Can you please reinclude it in 0.5? I'll 
send you a detailed report as soon as I've read the README file.

>        - updated example acpid configuration scripts
>
> The video output control can be used to avoid the annoying flicker and
> video corruption when opening the lid on the X40. See the README for
> details.
>
> The ibm-acpi project now has an official home, thanks to Arno Willig
> <akw@users.sourceforge.net>:
>
>        http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/

Thx.

Sandro