From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: [PATCH 3/28] ACPI: ibm_acpi: Update documentation for brightness and volume. Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:05:44 -0400 Message-ID: <11608131722926-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> References: <11608131691346-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> Reply-To: Len Brown Return-path: Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:15251 "EHLO mga03.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752123AbWJNICv (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:02:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <11608131691346-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> Message-Id: <24f7ff0af855ece60064a2532d8b316df02983c6.1160812999.git.len.brown@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <288f3ad406460f03642a41bb945826891a7b866f.1160812999.git.len.brown@intel.com> References: <288f3ad406460f03642a41bb945826891a7b866f.1160812999.git.len.brown@intel.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:19:15 +0200 Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Cc: Stefan Schmidt , Len Brown From: Stefan Schmidt Document the change of the experimental flag for brightness and volume. Signed-off-by: Stefan Schmidt Acked-by: Borislav Deianov Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt | 22 ++++++---------------- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt index 71aa403..1672590 100644 --- a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ detailed description): - 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 @@ registers contain the current battery ca 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 @@ commands are: The 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: -- 1.4.3.rc2.g23bed-dirty