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@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ detailed description):
30 - ACPI sounds 30 - ACPI sounds
31 - temperature sensors 31 - temperature sensors
32 - Experimental: embedded controller register dump 32 - Experimental: embedded controller register dump
33 - Experimental: LCD brightness control 33 - LCD brightness control
34 - Experimental: 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
@@ -52,40 +53,7 @@ Installation
52 53
53If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel 54If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
54sources, simply enable the CONFIG_ACPI_IBM option (Power Management / 55sources, simply enable the CONFIG_ACPI_IBM option (Power Management /
55ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras). The rest of this section describes 56ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras).
56how to install this driver when downloaded from the web site.
57
58First, you need to get a kernel with ACPI support up and running.
59Please refer to http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ for help with this
60step. How successful you will be depends a lot on you ThinkPad model,
61the kernel you are using and any additional patches applied. The
62kernel provided with your distribution may not be good enough. I
63needed to compile a 2.6.7 kernel with the 20040715 ACPI patch to get
64ACPI working reliably on my ThinkPad X40. Old ThinkPad models may not
65be supported at all.
66
67Assuming you have the basic ACPI support working (e.g. you can see the
68/proc/acpi directory), follow the following steps to install this
69driver:
70
71 - unpack the archive:
72
73 tar xzvf ibm-acpi-x.y.tar.gz; cd ibm-acpi-x.y
74
75 - compile the driver:
76
77 make
78
79 - install the module in your kernel modules directory:
80
81 make install
82
83 - load the module:
84
85 modprobe ibm_acpi
86
87After loading the module, check the "dmesg" output for any error messages.
88
89 57
90Features 58Features
91-------- 59--------
@@ -523,13 +491,8 @@ registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
523with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with 491with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
524a description of the conditions when they were taken.) 492a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
525 493
526EXPERIMENTAL: LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness 494LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
527----------------------------------------------------------------- 495---------------------------------------------------
528
529This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
530directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
531WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
532experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
533 496
534This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad 497This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
535models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available 498models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available
@@ -542,13 +505,8 @@ commands are:
542The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be 505The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be
543distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file. 506distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file.
544 507
545EXPERIMENTAL: Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume 508Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
546----------------------------------------------------- 509---------------------------------------
547
548This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
549directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
550WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
551experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
552 510
553This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have 511This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
554a hardware volume knob. The available commands are: 512a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
@@ -611,6 +569,23 @@ with the following command:
611 569
612 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal 570 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
613 571
572EXPERIMENTAL: WAN -- /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
573---------------------------------------
574
575This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
576directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
577WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
578experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
579
580This feature shows the presence and current state of a WAN (Sierra
581Wireless EV-DO) device. If WAN is installed, the following commands can
582be used:
583
584 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
585 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
586
587It was tested on a Lenovo Thinkpad X60. It should probably work on other
588Thinkpad models which come with this module installed.
614 589
615Multiple Commands, Module Parameters 590Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
616------------------------------------ 591------------------------------------