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From: Marco Chiappero <marco@absence.it>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>
Subject: [PATCH V2 14/14] sony-laptop: Documentation changes
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:04:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1315587866.3613.107.camel@vesuvio> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1315585214.3613.51.camel@vesuvio>

Since new findings occurred and we have a better understanding of the
SNC device, the development documentation is updated.

Signed-off-by: Marco Chiappero <marco@absence.it> 
--- 

--- a/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt
@@ -88,15 +88,36 @@ REPEAT: DON'T DO THIS IF YOU DON'T LIKE 
 In your kernel logs you will find the list of all ACPI methods
 the SNC device has on your laptop.
 
-* For new models you will see a long list of meaningless method names,
-reading the DSDT table source should reveal that:
-(1) the SNC device uses an internal capability lookup table
-(2) SN00 is used to find values in the lookup table
-(3) SN06 and SN07 are used to call into the real methods based on
-    offsets you can obtain iterating the table using SN00
-(4) SN02 used to enable events.
-Some values in the capability lookup table are more or less known, see
-the code for all sony_call_snc_handle calls, others are more obscure.
+* For new models you may see a long list of meaningless method names,
+but a small subset of methods starting with "SN" is always present.
These
+methods define a common interface for acting with the SNC device. In
+particular:
+
+- SN00 can be used to retrieve some informations about the SNC device;
among
+  them, an internal capability lookup table reporting model specific
features,
+  identified by a number called "handle", associated to an offset, to
be
+  later used by methods SN06 and SN07. Some handles are now well known,
while
+  some others are still a bit obscure or totally unknown. A list of
known
+  handles can be found at
http://www.absence.it/vaio-acpi/handles_list.txt
+
+- SN01, SN02, SN03 can be used to query, enable and disable
(respectively)
+  the event generation for every handle, as they might trigger ACPI
+  notifications
+
+- SN04, SN05 can be used to query and clear the "event raised" flag for
every
+  handle
+
+- SN06 and SN07 are used to call into the real methods, providing the
handles
+  specific features, based on offsets you can obtain iterating the
table
+  via SN00. They should provide the same info (or almost the same), but
while
+  SN07 uses 32bit integers for both input and output parameters SN06
returns a
+  wide buffer (for both input and output values), useful for reading a
few info
+  tables or long input parameters.
+
+You can have a look at a decoded, analyzed and fully explained DSDT
taken from
+a Sony Vaio VPCS1 model at
http://www.absence.it/vaio-acpi/VPCS-findings.txt.
+It should significantly help you in understanding how to use
handles/offsets,
+in decoding other DSDTs and in discovering new unknown features.
 
 * For old models you can see the GCDP/GCDP methods used to pwer on/off
 the CD drive, but there are others and they are usually different from

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-09-09 17:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-09 16:20 [PATCH V2 0/14] miscellaneous code improvements for sony-laptop Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:34 ` [PATCH V2 1/14] sony-laptop: fix potential improper handle usage Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:39 ` [PATCH V2 2/14] sony-laptop: use usigned data type when calling ACPI methods Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:41 ` [PATCH V2 3/14] sony-laptop: replace simple_strtoul with strict_strtoul Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:45 ` [PATCH V2 4/14] sony-laptop: add new ACPI SN06 method helper functions Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:47 ` [PATCH V2 5/14] sony-laptop: new SNC setup and cleanup functions Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:49 ` [PATCH V2 6/14] sony-laptop: new sony_nc_handles_resume function Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:51 ` [PATCH V2 7/14] sony-laptop: sony_nc_function_setup modifications Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:53 ` [PATCH V2 8/14] sony-laptop: sony_nc_notify rewritten and improved Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:54 ` [PATCH V2 9/14] sony-laptop: sony_walk_callback moved for better readability Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:56 ` [PATCH V2 10/14] sony-laptop: code style fixes Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 16:58 ` [PATCH V2 11/14] sony-laptop: keyboard backlight support extended to newer Vaios Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 17:01 ` [PATCH V2 12/14] sony-laptop: rfkill improvements Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 17:02 ` [PATCH V2 13/14] sony-laptop: input core improvements Marco Chiappero
2011-09-09 17:04 ` Marco Chiappero [this message]
2011-09-10  4:03 ` [PATCH V2 0/14] miscellaneous code improvements for sony-laptop Mattia Dongili
2011-09-13 20:58   ` Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:43 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 1/14] sony-laptop: fix potential improper handle usage Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:45 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 2/14] sony-laptop: use usigned data type when calling ACPI methods Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:45 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 3/14] sony-laptop: replace simple_strtoul with strict_strtoul Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:45 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 4/14] sony-laptop: add new ACPI SN06 method helper functions Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:46 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 5/14] sony-laptop: new SNC setup and cleanup functions Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:47 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 6/14] sony-laptop: new sony_nc_handles_resume function Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:47 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 7/14] sony-laptop: sony_nc_function_setup modifications Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:47 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 8/14] sony-laptop: sony_nc_notify rewritten and improved Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:47 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 9/14] sony-laptop: sony_walk_callback moved for better readability Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:47 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 10/14] sony-laptop: code style fixes Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:53 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 11/14] sony-laptop: keyboard backlight support extended to newer Vaios Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:53 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 12/14] sony-laptop: rfkill improvements Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:53 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 13/14] sony-laptop: input core improvements Marco Chiappero
2011-09-13 20:53 ` [PATCH V2 RESEND 14/14] sony-laptop: documentation changes Marco Chiappero

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