[ltp] thinkpad-acpi release 0.21-20080703 uploaded to ibm-acpi.sf.net

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:49:39 -0300


I have released version 0.21-20080703 of thinkpad-acpi through the
sourceforge.net release system.

Patches are available for 2.6.23, 2.6.24, 2.6.25 and 2.6.26-rc8 at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=117042&package_id=230205

git users can get it directly from tags in:
git://repo.or.cz/linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git

This release includes support for the rfkill subsystem in thinkpad-acpi,
which I hope to get merged in mainline for 2.6.27.

It also includes a full backport of rfkill changes and enhancements that are
going to be merged for 2.6.27, without which thinkpad-acpi cannot support
the kernel rfkill subsystem.

Please test.  And please be advised that since it is rfkill that now
controls the state of the thinkpad radios, you may observe some changes in
behaviour.  The most "alarming" one might be bluetooth and WWAN radios
getting enabled by default.  To avoid that, give the rfkill module the
"default_state=0" parameter.

20080703 fixes an issue with the rfkill support in the last release, which
would cause the driver not to load if the radio switch was off and rfkill
was not loaded with the default_state=0 parameter.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh