[ltp] Dropping thinkpad-acpi support for the model 570

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Now, I just need to find out if the ACPI BEEP handler ever took two
> arguments in the past, probably way back to the model 600 and 700...
> argh.  I hope I have all the DSDTs.

The 570 wants two arguments, and the second one is always zero.  It
is the only ThinkPad I have the DSDT for (and it is an old copy, with
lots of missing information, that Borislav gave me when I took over
ibm-acpi years ago) that needs two args for BEEP.

However, model 570 does not have full DMI information listed in
ThinkWiki.  I am, therefore, dropping support for the model 570.

Yes, this means if you want it not to happen to your non-brand-new
ThinkPad, you better make sure it is listed in page "List of DMI IDs"
in ThinkWiki, send me some email offering to help if I need some sort
of help with that particular model, and send me the output from A
RECENT VERSION of dmidecode and acpidump for that ThinkPad model.


I am reasonable about these things.  Should someone show up and:

1. Send me all the relevant data for the 570 (dmidecode and acpidump);

2. Offer to update and keep up-to-date the relevant ThinkWiki pages
   that host data for that model, or to send me email when they need
   an update, with the relevant data that needs to be changed;

3. Offer to test thinkpad-acpi on the 570 from time to time, or when
   I ask for help explicitly;

I will write code to support BEEP on the 570, and restore support for
it.

Support is going to be dropped for 2.6.29.  If you have access to a
model 570 and want to avoid it, you have VERY LITTLE TIME, so move
*FAST*.

-- 
  "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