[PATCH] sonypi SPIC initialisation fix
Newer Sony VAIO models (VGN-S480, VGN-S460, VGN-S3XP etc) use a new method to
initialize the SPIC device. The new way to initialize (and disable) the
device comes directly from the AML code in the _CRS, _SRS and _DIS methods
from the DSDT table. This patch adds support for the new models.
Signed-off-by: Erik Waling <erikw@acc.umu.se>
Signed-off-by: Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/sonypi.txt b/Documentation/sonypi.txt
index 0f3b240..c1237a92 100644
--- a/Documentation/sonypi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sonypi.txt
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
SONYPI_MEYE_MASK 0x0400
SONYPI_MEMORYSTICK_MASK 0x0800
SONYPI_BATTERY_MASK 0x1000
+ SONYPI_WIRELESS_MASK 0x2000
useinput: if set (which is the default) two input devices are
created, one which interprets the jogdial events as
@@ -137,6 +138,15 @@
speed handling etc). Use ACPI instead of APM if it works on your
laptop.
+ - sonypi lacks the ability to distinguish between certain key
+ events on some models.
+
+ - some models with the nvidia card (geforce go 6200 tc) uses a
+ different way to adjust the backlighting of the screen. There
+ is a userspace utility to adjust the brightness on those models,
+ which can be downloaded from
+ http://www.acc.umu.se/~erikw/program/smartdimmer-0.1.tar.bz2
+
- since all development was done by reverse engineering, there is
_absolutely no guarantee_ that this driver will not crash your
laptop. Permanently.