From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Ionescu Subject: Re: ibm-acpi enhancement request Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:54:14 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20050124171939.14379.qmail@web50206.mail.yahoo.com> <41F5404D.5090205@pca.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi Luca, On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:37:01 +0100, Luca Capello wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > Hello Paul, >=20 > on 01/24/2005 06:19 PM, Paul Ionescu wrote: >> I am trying to write some code for ibm-acpi integration in HAL to bett= er >> support IBM Thinkpads in HAL. >> (http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fhal ) > this is a good idea, I don't have the capacity to code and help you, bu= t I > can test whatever you want ;-) >=20 >> This way we may have a general GUI for interacting with hardware, and = we >> can let go of tpb. > Why don't integrate the two approaches in an unique one? The first thin= g > that came in my mind was this: > http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-thinkpad.html In the end we will have only one GUI, but that would be HAL/DBUS aware an= d not IBM specific. You will be able to configure some property via a generic program, no matter what laptop/desktop you have. Think of something like what is alsamixer for soundcards if you like: you can adjust parameters of various soundcards with different parameters wit= h only one program. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl