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| author | Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org> | 2006-09-22 12:19:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2006-10-14 00:32:23 -0400 |
| commit | 24f7ff0af855ece60064a2532d8b316df02983c6 (patch) | |
| tree | 8d8440a32deda295387eec1ba5d081ac2cbc214f /Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt | |
| parent | 4d6bd5ea4ec4991901a8cf5a586babef68e1fa3f (diff) | |
ACPI: ibm_acpi: Update documentation for brightness and volume.
Document the change of the experimental flag for brightness and volume.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
Acked-by: Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt index 71aa4034527..1672590d8ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ detailed description): - ACPI sounds - temperature sensors - Experimental: embedded controller register dump - - Experimental: LCD brightness control - - Experimental: volume control + - LCD brightness control + - Volume control - Experimental: fan speed, fan enable/disable A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web @@ -523,13 +523,8 @@ registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with a description of the conditions when they were taken.) -EXPERIMENTAL: LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness ------------------------------------------------------------------ - -This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation -directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE -WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the -experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. +LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness +--------------------------------------------------- This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available @@ -542,13 +537,8 @@ commands are: The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file. -EXPERIMENTAL: Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume ------------------------------------------------------ - -This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation -directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE -WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the -experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. +Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume +--------------------------------------- This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have a hardware volume knob. The available commands are: |