[ltp] Dock II support for T4x

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:25:30 -0500


On 11/8/06, dummy <dummy@neutronstar.de> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I'm just curios if there is general support for the Dock II.
> During my last "make menuconfig" i've noticed an item called something
> like "docking support" but i didn't find any information about it.
>
> Can someone tell me, if it is useable at the moment? What am i missing,
> because I couldn't get USB working with my actual .config. At least not
> in 2.0 mode (full or high, i can't remember atm).
>
> I've also noticed that the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock is no longer available
> (maybe just with the ibm_acpi v0.11 module from sf.net), so i can't test it.
> Any help and comments are welcome.

The docks have always worked as long as you booted while docked.  The
newer kernels support generic acpi hot docking which works with the
docks.  The ibm_acpi dock option was removed since the docking is now
handled by the generic handler.

Alex

>
> Thanks in advance
>     Thomas Feller