[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #2624 - 2 msgs

[GregNorc]

Is there any chance of a .deb for the recent brightness keys patch?

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 6:01 AM,
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> =A0 1. thinkpad-acpi release 0.24-20100516 uploaded to ibm-acpi.sf.net (H=
enrique de Moraes Holschuh)
> =A0 2. Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #2623 - 3 msgs (GregNorc)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 19:50:59 -0300
> From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [ltp] thinkpad-acpi release 0.24-20100516 uploaded to ibm-acpi.s=
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> I have released version 0.24-20100516220 of thinkpad-acpi through the
> sourceforge.net release system.
>
> Patches are available for 2.6.32, 2.6.33 and 2.6.34, at:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/ibm-acpi/files/thinkpad-acpi/0.24-201002=
20/
>
> Support for 2.6.28 to 2.6.31 has been discontinued. =A02.6.27 might still
> get *minor* updates, but only if someone asks me directly for it and it
> is something easy to backport.
>
> git users can get it directly from tags or the release/* branches at:
> git://repo.or.cz/linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git
>
> This release should make the driver work reasonably well on the X100e,
> and at least load on every new Lenovo ThinkPad. =A0How well it will work
> on a brand new model is uncertain. =A0Please submit reports of any bugs
> you find.
>
> The code in this release is already upstream for the upcoming 2.6.35.
>
>
> Release notes:
>
> This is a mainly bug fix release, but it has some highlights:
>
> (also on thinkpad-acpi 0.24 20100411)
> 1. The driver now can find the EC node on every ACPI ThinkPad
> =A0 (it will load on the new ThinkPad X100e, for example)
> 2. Updated HKEY event documentation (including the _alarms_)
> 3. Reduced the memory footprint of the driver after it is loaded
>
> (new on thinkpad-acpi 0.24 20100516)
> 4. Protect old IBM codepaths from running on Lenovo ThinkPads
> =A0 (needed on the X100e, and maybe others)
> 5. Fix video handling on the X100e (now backlight and video output
> =A0 control have a non-zero chance of working)
>
> ChangeLog:
>
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh:
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: constrain IBM-era support to IBM boxes
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: X100e quick fixes
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: fix volume/mute hotkey poll handling
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: move greeting messages out of the first subdriv=
er (v2)
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: let other subdrivers know backlight level range
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: fix brightness hotkey poll handling
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: update HKEY and hotkey subdriver documentation =
(v2)
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: disclose usertask for ALSA callbacks
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: detect EC node using its HID (v2)
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: acpi_evalf fixes
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: explain errors from acpi_install_notify_handler
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: don't depend on led_path for led firmware type =
(v2)
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: clean up ACPI handles handling
> =A0 =A0 =A0thinkpad-acpi: document backlight level writeback at driver in=
it
>
> --
> =A0"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
> =A0them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
> =A0where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
> =A0Henrique Holschuh
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 00:47:46 -0400
> From: GregNorc <gregnorc@gmail.com>
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: [ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #2623 - 3 msgs
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>
> Precompiled as in the .debs? As in like here?:
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid/
>
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 6:01 AM,
> <linux-thinkpad-request@linux-thinkpad.org> wrote:
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>> =3DA0 1. Re: X201 brightness key (aleij)
>> =3DA0 2. Re: X201 brightness key (Stefan Monnier)
>> =3DA0 3. Re: X201 brightness key (Ben Pfaff)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 06:11:27 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: aleij <alejoduque@gmail.com>
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> Subject: Re: [ltp] X201 brightness key
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
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>>
>> hi all,
>>
>>
>> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>
>>> My X201s brightness keys were not working either, but they do work now
>>> that I'm using the 2.6.34-rc6 kernel. =3DA0So you may want to try a mor=
e
>>> bleeding-edge kernel.
>>>
>>
>> Stefan could you tell me what steps did you follow, i just found this PP=
A
>> but im not sure if this (for ubuntu) will be the right way to go:
>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=3D3DM;O=3D3DD
>>
>> thanks,
>> /a
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>> View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/X201-brightness-key-=
t=3D
> p28496959p28633612.html
>> Sent from the Linux Thinkpad mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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>> Message: 2
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 21:13:22 -0400
>> Subject: [ltp] Re: X201 brightness key
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>
>>>> My X201s brightness keys were not working either, but they do work now
>>>> that I'm using the 2.6.34-rc6 kernel. =3DA0So you may want to try a mo=
re
>>>> bleeding-edge kernel.
>>> Stefan could you tell me what steps did you follow, i just found this P=
P=3D
> A
>>> but im not sure if this (for ubuntu) will be the right way to go:
>>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=3D3DM;O=3D3DD
>>
>> I have no idea what's a PPA, but the steps I followed are simple:
>> - compile 2.6.34-rc6.
>> - install it.
>> - use it.
>> Obviously, the "compile" part is not necessary if you can find
>> a precompiled kernel of 2.6.34 instead.
>>
>>
>> =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0Stefan
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>> Message: 3
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> From: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
>> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 22:31:16 -0700
>> Subject: [ltp] Re: X201 brightness key
>> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>
>> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>
>>>>> My X201s brightness keys were not working either, but they do work no=
w
>>>>> that I'm using the 2.6.34-rc6 kernel. =3DA0So you may want to try a m=
ore
>>>>> bleeding-edge kernel.
>>>> Stefan could you tell me what steps did you follow, i just found this =
P=3D
> PA
>>>> but im not sure if this (for ubuntu) will be the right way to go:
>>>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=3D3DM;O=3D3DD
>>>
>>> I have no idea what's a PPA, but the steps I followed are simple:
>>> - compile 2.6.34-rc6.
>>> - install it.
>>> - use it.
>>
>> He might also have to revert commit b91ad0ec527 "drm/i915: Rework
>> DPLL calculation parameters for Ironlake", as I found out myself
>> this week:
>> =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D3D2=
8180
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