[ltp] Re: ibm-acpi-0.10

[Paul Ionescu]

Hi Boris,

Great work, thanks a lot.
Temperature reading / fan speed reading / EC register dump works all on
T41, T40, R50p. You can update the SF page for them.
I did not tried fan speed control on these (afraid to).

Best regards,
Paul


On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:41:08 -0800, Borislav Deianov wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> It's been a couple of months and ibm-acpi was getting stale. Especially
> with module parameters not working in 2.6.10, it was really starting to
> stink up was the house... :-). So there you go, an update:
> 
> This is the 10th - oh let's call it beta - release of my ACPI driver for
> IBM Thinkpad laptops. The features currently supported are:
> 
> 	- Fn key combinations
> 	- Bluetooth enable and disable
> 	- video output switching, expansion control - ThinkLight on and off
> 	- limited docking and undocking
> 	- UltraBay eject
> 	- CMOS control
> 	- LED control
> 	- ACPI sounds
> 	- Experimental: temperatures and fan speed - Experimental: embedded
> 	controller register dump
> 
> Changes since 0.8 (the version included in 2.6.10):
> 
>         - support for the 570, R30 and R31
>         - ultrabay support for the A22p and A3x - drop experimental status
>         from cmos, led and beep functions - fix module parameter passing
>         - modified blank.sh should work with X on Debian and Fedora -
>         default radio.sh script uses ipw2100 RF kill switch - default
>         blank and hibernate events use the swsusp2 hibernate.sh -
>         experimental temperatures and fan speed - experimental embedded
>         controller register dump
> 
> The major new experimental feature is the temperature and fan speed
> display. Some models (T and X series, maybe others) can show several
> temperature readings (in addition to CPU temperature) and the current fan
> speed. Three models (X31, X40 and 570) can control the fan speed to a
> certain degree. See the README for the full details.
> 
> I still have a few things in my backlog, namely support for the 240, 600e,
> 770x and G41. Coming soon, I just needed to get something out the door
> (I've been sitting on the 0.10 stuff for a while...).
> 
> http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
> 
> Enjoy,
> Boris