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@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Some models report hotkeys through the SNC or SPIC devices, such events are
14reported both through the ACPI subsystem as acpi events and through the INPUT 14reported both through the ACPI subsystem as acpi events and through the INPUT
15subsystem. See the logs of acpid or /proc/acpi/event and 15subsystem. See the logs of acpid or /proc/acpi/event and
16/proc/bus/input/devices to find out what those events are and which input 16/proc/bus/input/devices to find out what those events are and which input
17devices are created by the driver. 17devices are created by the driver. Additionally, loading the driver with the
18debug option will report all events in the kernel log.
18 19
19Backlight control: 20Backlight control:
20------------------ 21------------------
@@ -64,6 +65,16 @@ powers off the sound card,
64 # echo "1" > /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/audiopower 65 # echo "1" > /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/audiopower
65powers on the sound card. 66powers on the sound card.
66 67
68
69RFkill control:
70---------------
71More recent Vaio models expose a consistent set of ACPI methods to
72control radio frequency emitting devices. If you are a lucky owner of
73such a laptop you will find the necessary rfkill devices under
74/sys/class/rfkill. Check those starting with sony-* in
75 # grep . /sys/class/rfkill/*/{state,name}
76
77
67Development: 78Development:
68------------ 79------------
69 80
@@ -75,8 +86,21 @@ pass the option 'debug=1'.
75REPEAT: DON'T DO THIS IF YOU DON'T LIKE RISKY BUSINESS. 86REPEAT: DON'T DO THIS IF YOU DON'T LIKE RISKY BUSINESS.
76 87
77In your kernel logs you will find the list of all ACPI methods 88In your kernel logs you will find the list of all ACPI methods
78the SNC device has on your laptop. You can see the GCDP/GCDP methods 89the SNC device has on your laptop.
79used to pwer on/off the CD drive, but there are others. 90
91* For new models you will see a long list of meaningless method names,
92reading the DSDT table source should reveal that:
93(1) the SNC device uses an internal capability lookup table
94(2) SN00 is used to find values in the lookup table
95(3) SN06 and SN07 are used to call into the real methods based on
96 offsets you can obtain iterating the table using SN00
97(4) SN02 used to enable events.
98Some values in the capability lookup table are more or less known, see
99the code for all sony_call_snc_handle calls, others are more obscure.
100
101* For old models you can see the GCDP/GCDP methods used to pwer on/off
102the CD drive, but there are others and they are usually different from
103model to model.
80 104
81I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THOSE METHODS DO. 105I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THOSE METHODS DO.
82 106
@@ -108,9 +132,8 @@ Bugs/Limitations:
108 laptop, including permanent damage. 132 laptop, including permanent damage.
109 133
110* The sony-laptop and sonypi drivers do not interact at all. In the 134* The sony-laptop and sonypi drivers do not interact at all. In the
111 future, sonypi could use sony-laptop to do (part of) its business. 135 future, sonypi will be removed and replaced by sony-laptop.
112 136
113* spicctrl, which is the userspace tool used to communicate with the 137* spicctrl, which is the userspace tool used to communicate with the
114 sonypi driver (through /dev/sonypi) does not try to use the 138 sonypi driver (through /dev/sonypi) is deprecated as well since all
115 sony-laptop driver. In the future, spicctrl could try sonypi first, 139 its features are now available under the sysfs tree via sony-laptop.
116 and if it isn't present, try sony-laptop instead.