Re: Toshiba - Documentation for Linux Developers

Re: Toshiba - Documentation for Linux Developers

[Renato S. Yamane]

Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> 2008/6/17, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>:
>> Are there any known drivers for Toshiba hardware that you need for Linux
>>  that we should be contacting them about?
>> <http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/develop.htm>
> 
> I have Toshiba A100 with Phoenix BIOS. This means toshiba_acpi doesn't
> work for me and I can change LCD brightness.
> 
> On page http://www.buzzard.me.uk/toshiba/docs.html there is also link
> to pdf with registers info:
> http://www.buzzard.me.uk/toshiba/downloads/hci.pdf
> 
> However I am not programmer and I have no idea if this is some
> interesging info for developrs.

Rafal, try use omnibook driver.
Get it with subversion:
$ svn co
https://omnibook.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/omnibook/omnibook/trunk

Use "make install" and "make load".

After this, maybe is possible change brightness writing in
/proc/omnibook/lcd (0 is minimun and 7 is max brightness)

Best regards,
Renato S. Yamane

Re: Toshiba - Documentation for Linux Developers

[Rafał Miłecki]

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2008/7/13, Renato S. Yamane <yamane@diamondcut.com.br>:> Rafał Miłecki wrote:> > I have Toshiba A100 with Phoenix BIOS. This means toshiba_acpi doesn't>  > work for me and I can change LCD brightness.>> Rafal, try use omnibook driver.>  Get it with subversion:>  $ svn co>  https://omnibook.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/omnibook/omnibook/trunk>>  Use "make install" and "make load".>>  After this, maybe is possible change brightness writing in>  /proc/omnibook/lcd (0 is minimun and 7 is max brightness)
The newest version is packed for openSUSE fortunately. But it doesn'tfor my notebook. dmesg is:
omnibook: Driver version 2.20070211-trunk.omnibook: Unknown model.omnibook: dmi feature has no backend table, io_op not initialized.omnibook: version feature has no backend table, io_op not initialized.omnibook: Enabled features: dmi version.
So everything I can do istoshiba:/proc/omnibook # cat dmiBIOS Vendor:   Phoenix Technologies LTDBIOS Version:  2.00BIOS Release:  08/30/2006System Vendor: TOSHIBAProduct Name:  SATELLITE A100Version:       PSAA9E-0R101VPLSerial Number: X6623092GBoard Vendor:  Intel CorporationBoard Name:    Not Applicable
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Re: Toshiba - Documentation for Linux Developers

[Renato S. Yamane]

Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> Renato S. Yamane wrote:
>> Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>>> I have Toshiba A100 with Phoenix BIOS. This means toshiba_acpi doesn't
>>> work for me and I can change LCD brightness.
>>
>> Rafal, try use omnibook driver.
>>  Get it with subversion:
>>  $ svn co
>>  https://omnibook.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/omnibook/omnibook/trunk
>>
>>  Use "make install" and "make load".
>>
>>  After this, maybe is possible change brightness writing in
>>  /proc/omnibook/lcd (0 is minimun and 7 is max brightness)
> 
> 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

> dmesg is:
> omnibook: Driver version 2.20070211-trunk.
> omnibook: Unknown model.

Try force recognize with ectype parameter.
#modprobe omnibook ectype=x

Where "x" is a number between 1 and 15.

Load with ectype=1, test, unload, try load again with ectype=2, test,
unload...

Best regards,
Renato

Re: Toshiba - Documentation for Linux Developers

[Rafał Miłecki]

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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 frompackage) and now (version from SVN) again. I checked two files (whenexisted): lcd and temperature. Temperature (if file existed for forcedectype) was always 0 and lcd always had some random values. Insertingother values (1, 7) didn't change anything.
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Re: Toshiba - Documentation for Linux Developers

[Robert M. Albrecht]

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.
> 

Re: Toshiba - Documentation for Linux Developers

[Renato S. Yamane]

[cc'ed Greg KH]

Only to remember: Toshiba website to Linux Developers is:
<http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/develop.htm>

Best regards,
Renato S. Yamane


Robert M. Albrecht wrote:
> 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.