[ltp] tpacpi bug in tpacpi::thinklight/brightness for X1 Carbon

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Tue, 31 Dec 2013, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Dec 2013, Chris Schumann wrote:
> > >I am reading this, but I can't do much without access to a X1.  The
> > >thinklight control uses a specific ACPI method, so your X1 has it or it
> > >would not have turned anything off.
> 
> Meh.  The "off" command uses the generic "update-cmos" handler (UCMS), which
> often just stores info in come nvram instead of doing something.  In the
> keyboard backlight case, the OFF command for the lights (thinklight and
> apparently backlight) actually turns them off, but if there is an ON
> command, it is command 0x0e (which is supposed to just toggle the
> thinklight).
> 
> Please test it, see if thinkpad-acpi will give you the /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
> file.  If it still does in your kernel, echo "0x0e" > /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
> might be useful.  Other interesting cmos commands might be 0x0b to 0x0d.

It is also available in sysfs (far more likely to be supported than the
/proc node in a recent kernel).  It is likely at
/sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/cmos_command.

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