Ibm-acpi - Revision history

Tonko: redirect ibm-acpi to thinkpad-acpi

2009-08-10T18:08:49Z

redirect ibm-acpi to thinkpad-acpi

Tonko: /* Deprecation warning */

2009-04-22T13:16:17Z

‎Deprecation warning

Hmh: Add deprecation warning and fix main header level

2009-02-17T22:34:34Z

Add deprecation warning and fix main header level

Intrigeri: added merge suggestion

2009-02-17T21:26:38Z

added merge suggestion

Intrigeri: /* Features */ fan speed control has been merged

2009-02-17T21:06:47Z

‎Features: fan speed control has been merged

Intrigeri: added category X32

2009-02-17T21:01:11Z

added category X32

TLSpartan: /* Application support */

2008-09-10T13:53:36Z

‎Application support

ErAck: /* Application support */ there's no plural-s of information..

2008-08-30T12:17:12Z

‎Application support: there's no plural-s of information..

ErAck: /* Application support */ IBM ACPI applett's site domain parked, replaced with GNOME Sensors Applett

2008-08-30T12:15:05Z

‎Application support: IBM ACPI applett's site domain parked, replaced with GNOME Sensors Applett

Hmh: /* Status */ bios auto-dimm state corruption fixed in 2.6.26-rc1

2008-07-28T16:25:35Z

‎Status: bios auto-dimm state corruption fixed in 2.6.26-rc1

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:08, 10 August 2009
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−	~~{\| width="100%"~~	+	#REDIRECT [[thinkpad-acpi]]
−	~~\|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" \| __TOC__~~
−	~~\|style="vertical-align:top" \|~~
−	~~== ibm-acpi - IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver ==~~
−	This is a Linux ACPI driver for the IBM ThinkPad laptops written by Borislav Deianov, and currently maintained by [[User:hmh\|Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]]. It aims to support various features of these laptops which are accessible through the ACPI framework but not otherwise supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers. As a kernel module, ibm-acpi works as a bridge to deliver information about certain hardware events like key presses or control the state of certain hardware features by software.
−	~~{{NOTE\|The ibm-acpi driver was renamed to [[thinkpad-acpi]] on Linux kernel 2.6.22}}~~
−	\|}
−
−	~~=== Deprecation warning ===~~
−
−	~~{{WARN\|The "ibm-acpi" driver name has stopped working on new kernels, switch all of your configurations to use the new module name!}}~~
−
−	~~The thinkpad-acpi driver has been keeping an alias to "ibm-acpi" for two years, which allowed utilities like modprobe to find the thinkpad-acpi driver using the old "ibm-acpi" name.~~
−
−	~~This alias has been removed (Kernel 2.6.30), and the "ibm-acpi" module name will not work anymore.~~
−
−	~~All configurations must switch to the new driver name.~~
−
−	~~=== Features ===~~
−	*triggers ACPI Events for
−	** [[How_to_get_special_keys_to_work \| Fn key combinations]] ({{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F1}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F2}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F3}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F4}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F5}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F6}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F7}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F8}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F9}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F10}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F11}}, {{key\|Fn}}{{key\|F12}})
−	** [[UltraBay]] device eject (see also [[How to hotswap UltraBay devices]])
−	** Display lid, Power button, Undock button
−	*enables control via /proc files of
−	** Bluetooth
−	** Video output switching, video expansion control
−	** Docking and undocking (limited)
−	** Fan (on most models, only enable/disable; speed control used to need a further [[Patch for controlling fan speed\|patch]])
−	** Volume
−	** [[LCD Brightness]]
−	** [[ThinkLight]]
−	** [[Table_of_ibm-acpi_LEDs\| LEDs]]
−	** [[Error Codes and Beep Codes\|Beep]] codes
−	** Several CMOS states
−	* can show values of
−	** [[Thermal Sensors\|Sixteen temperature sensors]]
−	** Embedded Controler registers
−	** Fan status and speed
−
−
−	Some of these features are available only when the module is loaded with the <tt>experimental=1</tt> option. To enable it, add the following to {{path\|/etc/modprobe.conf}} (or your distribution's equivalent):
−	~~options ibm_acpi experimental=1~~
−
−
−	~~for kernels 2.6.22 and above fan control is enabled with the following in /etc/modprobe.conf:~~
−	~~options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1~~
−
−	~~=== Project Homepage / Availability ===~~
−	* Homepage: http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/
−	* Public releases: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=117042
−	* ibm-acpi is included with the Linux kernel since 2.6.10.
−	* Mailing list: [[Mailinglists#~~ibm-acpi_Developers_Mailinglist\|ibm-acpi-devel]]~~
−	* [[~~Git]] repository: git://repo.or.cz/linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git ([http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git browse])~~
−
−	~~=== Status ===~~
−	~~In development, usable, actively maintained. Patches should go to the ibm-acpi-devel [[mailinglists\|mailing list]].~~
−
−	On older versions of the driver, even if you have disabled the BIOS setting for automatically dimming at battery power, after using the brightness switch of ibm-acpi, the auto-dimming behavior is enabled. This has been fixed in the latest thinkpad~~-acpi devel/backport versions and also kernel 2.6.26.~~
−
−	~~=== Application support===~~
−	* [http://www.gkrellm.net GKrellM] supports fan and thermal information
−	* [http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Conky] Displays the same information as GKrellM but displays it differently
−	* [http://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/archives/38-Created-gaim-thinklight.html gaim-thinklight] is a gaim plugin which makes the [[ThinkLight]] blink when a message arrives.
−	* [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/pidgin-blinklight pidgin-thinklight] same as above but for pidgin
−	* [http://www.chris-lamb.co.uk/code/gaim-lightthink/ gaim-lightthink] is an alternative to gaim-thinklight.
−	* [http://hunz.org/ rocklight] is a xmms visualization plugin that makes the ThinkLight flash to the beat of your music. The package also includes a standalone stroboscope mode program.
−	* [http://sensors-applet.sourceforge.net/ GNOME Sensors Applet] is a small gnome panel applet which shows the fan speed and thermal information. In Debian it's the [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=sensors-applet&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all sensors-applet] package.
−	* [[ACPI fan control script\|ACPI fan control scripts]] can be used to control the system fan according to system temperatures (overriding the firmware)
−
−	~~=== Interesting links related to this project ===~~
−	* [http://ibm-acpi.sf.net ibm-acpi Sourceforge project summary]
−	* [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel ibm-acpi-devel Mailinglist] [http://gmane.org/info.php?group=gmane.linux.acpi.ibm-acpi.devel (List archive on gmane.org)]
−	* [http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad Linux-Thinkpad Mailinglist]
−	* [http://acpi.sourceforge.net acpi.sourceforge.net]
−	* [http://www.kernel.org www.kernel.org]
−
−	~~[[Category:Drivers]]~~
−	[[Category:770X]] [[Category:770Z]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A21e]] [[Category:A21m]] [[Category:A21p]] [[Category:A22e]] [[Category:A22m]] [[Category:A22p]] [[Category:G40]] [[Category:G41]] [[Category:R30]] [[Category:R31]] [[Category:R32]] [[Category:R40]] [[Category:R40e]] [[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T20]] [[Category:T21]] [[Category:T22]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:T30]] [[Category:T40]] [[Category:T40p]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:X20]] [[Category:X21]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]] [[Category:X30]] [[Category:X31]] [[Category:X32]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]] [[Category:X41 Tablet]] [[Category:TransNote]]
−	~~[[Category:x60s]] [[Category:X61]]~~
−
−	~~{{Todo\|needs editing}}: consider merging with [[Thinkpad~~-acpi]]

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 === Deprecation warning ===
-{{WARN|The "ibm-acpi" driver name will stop working on new kernels soon, switch all of your configurations to use the new module name!}}
+{{WARN|The "ibm-acpi" driver name has stopped working on new kernels, switch all of your configurations to use the new module name!}}
 The thinkpad-acpi driver has been keeping an alias to "ibm-acpi" for two years, which allowed utilities like modprobe to find the thinkpad-acpi driver using the old "ibm-acpi" name.
-This alias will be removed soon (probably on Linux Kernel 2.6.31), and the "ibm-acpi" module name will not work anymore.
+This alias has been removed (Kernel 2.6.30), and the "ibm-acpi" module name will not work anymore.
 All configurations must switch to the new driver name.

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 |style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
 |style="vertical-align:top" |
-=== ibm-acpi - IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver ===
+== ibm-acpi - IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver ==
 This is a Linux ACPI driver for the IBM ThinkPad laptops written by Borislav Deianov, and currently maintained by [[User:hmh|Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]].  It aims to support various features of these laptops which are accessible through the ACPI framework but not otherwise supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers. As a kernel module, ibm-acpi works as a bridge to deliver information about certain hardware events like key presses or control the state of certain hardware features by software.
 {{NOTE|The ibm-acpi driver was renamed to [[thinkpad-acpi]] on Linux kernel 2.6.22}}
 |}
 === Features ===

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	[[Category:x60s]] [[Category:X61]]		[[Category:x60s]] [[Category:X61]]
		+
		+	{{Todo\|needs editing}}: consider merging with [[Thinkpad-acpi]]

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 ** Video output switching, video expansion control
 ** Docking and undocking (limited)
-** Fan (on most models, only enable/disable; speed control is added by a further [[Patch for controlling fan speed|patch]])
+** Fan (on most models, only enable/disable; speed control used to need a further [[Patch for controlling fan speed|patch]])
 ** Volume
 ** [[LCD Brightness]]

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 [[Category:Drivers]]
-[[Category:770X]] [[Category:770Z]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A21e]] [[Category:A21m]] [[Category:A21p]] [[Category:A22e]] [[Category:A22m]] [[Category:A22p]] [[Category:G40]] [[Category:G41]] [[Category:R30]] [[Category:R31]] [[Category:R32]] [[Category:R40]] [[Category:R40e]] [[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T20]] [[Category:T21]] [[Category:T22]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:T30]] [[Category:T40]] [[Category:T40p]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:X20]] [[Category:X21]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]] [[Category:X30]] [[Category:X31]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]] [[Category:X41 Tablet]] [[Category:TransNote]]
+[[Category:770X]] [[Category:770Z]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A21e]] [[Category:A21m]] [[Category:A21p]] [[Category:A22e]] [[Category:A22m]] [[Category:A22p]] [[Category:G40]] [[Category:G41]] [[Category:R30]] [[Category:R31]] [[Category:R32]] [[Category:R40]] [[Category:R40e]] [[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T20]] [[Category:T21]] [[Category:T22]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:T30]] [[Category:T40]] [[Category:T40p]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:X20]] [[Category:X21]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]] [[Category:X30]] [[Category:X31]] [[Category:X32]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]] [[Category:X41 Tablet]] [[Category:TransNote]]
 [[Category:x60s]] [[Category:X61]]

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 === Application support===
 * [http://www.gkrellm.net GKrellM] supports fan and thermal information
 * [http://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/archives/38-Created-gaim-thinklight.html gaim-thinklight] is a gaim plugin which makes the [[ThinkLight]] blink when a message arrives.
 * [http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/pidgin-blinklight pidgin-thinklight] same as above but for pidgin

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 * [http://www.chris-lamb.co.uk/code/gaim-lightthink/ gaim-lightthink] is an alternative to gaim-thinklight.
 * [http://hunz.org/ rocklight] is a xmms visualization plugin that makes the ThinkLight flash to the beat of your music. The package also includes a standalone stroboscope mode program.
-* [http://sensors-applet.sourceforge.net/ GNOME Sensors Applet] is a small gnome panel applet which shows the fan speed and thermal informations. In Debian it's the [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=sensors-applet&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all sensors-applet] package.
+* [http://sensors-applet.sourceforge.net/ GNOME Sensors Applet] is a small gnome panel applet which shows the fan speed and thermal information. In Debian it's the [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=sensors-applet&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all sensors-applet] package.
 * [[ACPI fan control script|ACPI fan control scripts]] can be used to control the system fan according to system temperatures (overriding the firmware)

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 In development, usable, actively maintained.  Patches should go to the ibm-acpi-devel [[mailinglists|mailing list]].
-Even if you have disabled the BIOS setting for automatically dimming at battery power, after using the brightness switch of ibm-acpi, the auto-dimming behavior is enabled. So, if you need a bright display even on battery power, you should not set any brightness via /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness.
+On older versions of the driver, even if you have disabled the BIOS setting for automatically dimming at battery power, after using the brightness switch of ibm-acpi, the auto-dimming behavior is enabled.  This has been fixed in the latest thinkpad-acpi devel/backport versions and also kernel 2.6.26.
 === Application support===