Re: Toshiba - Documentation for Linux Developers

Robert M. Albrecht
2008-07-16T19:51:12Z

Hi,

both Toshiba types (original and compal-oem machines) are basically
unsupported for Linux.

The omnibook-module for compal-systems was maintained outside the kernel
and stalled for some time now.

The toshiba_acpi included in the kernel is outdated (there is a newer
release, that fixes some bugs). Toshiba_acpi does only work on 32 bit
systems, it breaks on 64 bit systems.

If anyone is interested in some hacking I can provide shell-access to
both types of machines.

For some Tecra machines, Toshiba has provided some Vista-compatible
BIOSes, they seem to enhance acpi-stuff for Linux too. So you might look
for a bios-update.

cu romal

www.romal.de
blog.romal.de

Rafał Miłecki schrieb:
> 2008/7/15, Renato S. Yamane <yamane@diamondcut.com.br>:
>> Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>> > The newest version is packed for openSUSE fortunately. But it doesn't
>> > for my notebook
>>
>> Try compile SVN version as commented in my last e-mail
>
> OK, I tried version from SVN. Nothing changed :|
>
>
>> > dmesg is:
>> > omnibook: Driver version 2.20070211-trunk.
>> > omnibook: Unknown model.
>>
>>
>> Try force recognize with ectype parameter.
>> #modprobe omnibook ectype=x
>
> Sure, I tried every ectype between 1 and 15 before (omnibook from
> package) and now (version from SVN) again. I checked two files (when
> existed): lcd and temperature. Temperature (if file existed for forced
> ectype) was always 0 and lcd always had some random values. Inserting
> other values (1, 7) didn't change anything.
>