[ltp] [Patch 2/3] ibm-acpi: Update documentation for brightness and volume.
Stefan Schmidt
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:19:15 +0200
Document the change of the experimental flag for brightness and volume.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
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Index: linux-2.6.18-ibm-acpi/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt
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--- linux-2.6.18-ibm-acpi.orig/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt 2006-09-21 20:56:16.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-ibm-acpi/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt 2006-09-21 20:59:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
- ACPI sounds
- temperature sensors
- Experimental: embedded controller register dump
- - Experimental: LCD brightness control
- - Experimental: volume control
+ - LCD brightness control
+ - Volume control
- Experimental: fan speed, fan enable/disable
A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
@@ -523,13 +523,8 @@
with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
-EXPERIMENTAL: LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
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-
-This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
-directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
-WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
-experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
+LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
+---------------------------------------------------
This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available
@@ -542,13 +537,8 @@
The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be
distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file.
-EXPERIMENTAL: Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
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-
-This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
-directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
-WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
-experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
+Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
+---------------------------------------
This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
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