[ltp] thinkpad-acpi release 0.18-20071203 uploaded to ibm-acpi.sf.net

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

I have released version 0.19-20080213 of thinkpad-acpi through the
sourceforge.net release system.

Patches are available for 2.6.20, 2.6.21, 2.6.22, 2.6.23 and 2.6.24-rc 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


Note: 2.6.20 and 2.6.21 support will be discontinued soon.

This is a test release for a few Lenovo *60/*61-related functionalities,
with some minor bug-fixes.

In particular, I may have broken the brightness control detection on
16-brightness-levels thinkpads.  Please report it so that I can fix it ASAP.

With this version, thinkpad-acpi will place Lenovo BIOSes in ACPI backlight
mode, which means you will always get the brightness up/down events through
ACPI, without needing to load ACPI video.c.

X41t, X60t and X61t owners: please report if there are any problems with the
new tablet/normal mode attribute and events.  Note that the acpi events for
tablet mode are now deprecated (available only on /proc/acpi/event), since
they have been ported over to the input device.

I really would like to get these changes into 2.6.25, but for that I need
some testing done fast, otherwise I won't be able to merge them.

Changes:
      ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: always track input device open/close
      ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: synchronize input device switches
      ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: switch Lenovo BIOS to ACPI backlight mode
      ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: make the video output feature optional
      ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: issue input events for tablet swivel events
      ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: improve thinkpad-acpi input device documentation
      ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: minor hotkey_radio_sw fixes
      ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: add tablet-mode reporting

-- 
  "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