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@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ detailed description):
33 - LCD brightness control 33 - LCD brightness control
34 - Volume control 34 - Volume control
35 - Experimental: fan speed, fan enable/disable 35 - Experimental: fan speed, fan enable/disable
36 - Experimental: WAN enable and disable
36 37
37A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web 38A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
38site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure 39site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
@@ -601,6 +602,23 @@ with the following command:
601 602
602 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal 603 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
603 604
605EXPERIMENTAL: WAN -- /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
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607
608This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
609directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
610WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
611experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
612
613This feature shows the presence and current state of a WAN (Sierra
614Wireless EV-DO) device. If WAN is installed, the following commands can
615be used:
616
617 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
618 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
619
620It was tested on a Lenovo Thinkpad X60. It should probably work on other
621Thinkpad models which come with this module installed.
604 622
605Multiple Commands, Module Parameters 623Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
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