[ltp] thinkpad-acpi release 0.23-20091227 uploaded to ibm-acpi.sf.net

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

I have released version 0.23-20091227 of thinkpad-acpi through the
sourceforge.net release system.

Patches are available for 2.6.27 to 2.6.32, at:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ibm-acpi/files/thinkpad-acpi/0.23-20091227/

(support for 2.6.28, 2.6.29 and 2.6.30 will be discontinued soon).

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 has some bug fixes, and something very important: ALSA
support.  The ALSA interface will be the main volume monitor and control
interface for the driver from now on.

Note that by default the ALSA interface is read-only (you're supposed to
mess with the mixer using the hotkeys, not software).  It can be made
read-write though a kernel paramenter, much like fan-control works.

Please test, and report.  I don't know how well it works on the newer
ThinkPads that have switched to mute-only control in firmware.

ChangeLog (0.23-20091227):

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh (5):
      thinkpad-acpi: don't take the first ALSA slot by default
      thinkpad-acpi: don't fail to load the entire module due to ALSA problems
      thinkpad-acpi: make volume subdriver optional
      thinkpad-acpi: update volume documentation
      thinkpad-acpi: improve Kconfig help text

-- 
  "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