From: Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
To: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>,
Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch 2/3] ibm-acpi: Update documentation for brightness and volume.
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:22:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060926192234.GD1971@aero.ensim.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060922101944.826924436@datenfreihafen.org>
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 12:19:15PM +0200, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> Document the change of the experimental flag for brightness and volume.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
Looks good to me. Len, please apply.
Borislav
Index: linux-2.6.18-ibm-acpi/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-ibm-acpi.orig/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt 2006-09-21 20:56:16.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-ibm-acpi/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt 2006-09-21 20:59:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
- ACPI sounds
- temperature sensors
- Experimental: embedded controller register dump
- - Experimental: LCD brightness control
- - Experimental: volume control
+ - LCD brightness control
+ - Volume control
- Experimental: fan speed, fan enable/disable
A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
@@ -523,13 +523,8 @@
with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
-EXPERIMENTAL: LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
-directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
-WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
-experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
+LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
+---------------------------------------------------
This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available
@@ -542,13 +537,8 @@
The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be
distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file.
-EXPERIMENTAL: Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
------------------------------------------------------
-
-This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
-directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
-WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
-experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
+Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
+---------------------------------------
This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-26 19:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-22 10:19 [Patch 0/3] ibm-acpi: Remove experimental flag from brightness and volume. Update documentation Stefan Schmidt
2006-09-22 10:19 ` [Patch 1/3] ibm-acpi: Get rid of experimental status for brightness and volume Stefan Schmidt
2006-09-26 19:20 ` Borislav Deianov
2006-09-22 10:19 ` [Patch 2/3] ibm-acpi: Update documentation " Stefan Schmidt
2006-09-26 19:22 ` Borislav Deianov [this message]
2006-09-22 10:19 ` [Patch 3/3] ibm-acpi: Add documentation for wan feature Stefan Schmidt
2006-09-26 19:24 ` Borislav Deianov
2006-09-26 17:42 ` [ltp] [Patch 0/3] ibm-acpi: Remove experimental flag from brightness and volume. Update documentation Stefan Schmidt
2006-09-26 21:27 ` Len Brown
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