From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nils Faerber Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Asus ACPI driver v0.22 Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 18:19:41 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030522181941.748c2f71.nils@kernelconcepts.de> References: <20030522130747.GC12331@hell.org.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030522130747.GC12331-DETuoxkZsSqrDJvtcaxF/A@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Karol Kozimor Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, julien.lerouge-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 22 May 2003 15:07:47 +0200 Karol Kozimor wrote: > Hi, Hi! > We have released a new version of the Asus ACPI driver with Julien. > Please check http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi4asus/ for any > information. > > Current version has the following features: > - support for hotkeys through /proc/acpi/event Work! > - switching LEDs Also works, very cool! The email LED is ... guess it ... blue! > - changing display brightness and switching LCD backlight Work too! > Current models supported: L2000D, L3800C, M2400X (untested), and > possibly others. I tested on L3800C, all very fine! I also hacked up a script for xscreensaver to use the lcd on/off feature as screensaver; makes me feel better concerning life of my backlight. > We absolutely need more feedback, especially DSDTs, to further develop > the driver and support other models. Please, all Asus notebook owners, > send in your DSDTs and test the driver! I have BIOS V1.18a from November 2002. I think most others will use this too and thus have the same DSDT. > All feedback and comments are welcome, especially related to the OK, I'll have to test if switching screens, especially to and from TV-out. Last version prohibited this, I think because the hotkey event then went into the asus-ACPI driver instead of some builtin-BIOS code... very weird. I'll let you know. > possible future integration of the driver code with the ACPI project. Oh, yes, Andrew, please :) This is very nice and finally makes use of the extra hotkeys of the ASUS notebook. > Best regards, Thanks so much for the work in this driver! > Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor CU nils faerber -- kernel concepts Tel: +49-271-771091-12 Dreisbachstr. 24 Fax: +49-271-771091-19 D-57250 Netphen D1 : +49-170-2729106 -- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge