From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Borislav Deianov Subject: Re: [Patch 2/3] ibm-acpi: Update documentation for brightness and volume. Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:22:34 -0700 Message-ID: <20060926192234.GD1971@aero.ensim.com> References: <20060922101913.276298370@datenfreihafen.org> <20060922101944.826924436@datenfreihafen.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from smtp1.ensim.com ([65.164.64.254]:44626 "EHLO aero.ensim.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932484AbWIZTWs (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:22:48 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060922101944.826924436@datenfreihafen.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Stefan Schmidt , Len Brown Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.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 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 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: