diff -r -c original/acpi_drivers.h new/acpi_drivers.h
*** original/acpi_drivers.h	Mon Dec  9 15:01:10 2002
--- new/acpi_drivers.h	Wed Dec 18 14:12:46 2002
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*** 86,91 ****
--- 86,92 ----
  #define ACPI_BUTTON_DRIVER_NAME		"ACPI Button Driver"
  #define ACPI_BUTTON_CLASS		"button"
  #define ACPI_BUTTON_FILE_INFO		"info"
+ #define ACPI_BUTTON_FILE_STATE		"state"
  #define ACPI_BUTTON_TYPE_UNKNOWN	0x00
  #define ACPI_BUTTON_NOTIFY_STATUS	0x80
  
diff -r -c original/button.c new/button.c
*** original/button.c	Mon Dec  9 11:13:45 2002
--- new/button.c	Thu Dec 19 08:17:35 2002
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*** 102,107 ****
--- 102,145 ----
  	return_VALUE(len);
  }
  
+ static int
+ acpi_button_lid_read_state(
+ 	char			*page,
+ 	char			**start,
+ 	off_t			off,
+ 	int 			count,
+ 	int 			*eof,
+ 	void			*data)
+ {
+ 	struct acpi_button	*button = (struct acpi_button *) data;
+ 	char			*p = page;
+ 	int			len = 0;
+ 	acpi_status		status=AE_OK;
+ 	unsigned long		state;
+ 
+ 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_button_lid_read_state");
+ 
+ 	if (!button || !button->device)
+ 		goto end;
+ 
+ 	status=acpi_evaluate_integer(button->handle,"_LID",NULL,&state);
+ 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)){
+ 	    p += sprintf(p, "state:      unsupported\n");
+ 	}
+ 	else{
+ 	    p += sprintf(p, "state:      %lu\n",state); 
+ 	}
+ 
+ end:
+ 	len = (p - page);
+ 	if (len <= off+count) *eof = 1;
+ 	*start = page + off;
+ 	len -= off;
+ 	if (len>count) len = count;
+ 	if (len<0) len = 0;
+ 
+ 	return_VALUE(len);
+ }
  
  static int
  acpi_button_add_fs (
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*** 148,153 ****
--- 186,205 ----
  	else {
  		entry->read_proc = acpi_button_read_info;
  		entry->data = acpi_driver_data(device);
+ 	}
+ 	
+ 	if (button->type==ACPI_BUTTON_TYPE_LID){
+ 	    /* 'state' [R] */
+ 	    entry = create_proc_entry(ACPI_BUTTON_FILE_STATE,
+ 			S_IRUGO, acpi_device_dir(device));
+ 	    if (!entry)
+ 		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR,
+ 			  "Unable to create '%s' fs entry\n",
+ 			   ACPI_BUTTON_FILE_STATE));
+ 	    else {
+ 		entry->read_proc = acpi_button_lid_read_state;
+ 		entry->data = acpi_driver_data(device);
+ 	    }
  	}
  
  	return_VALUE(0);