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25 changes: 22 additions & 3 deletions Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
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ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver

Version 0.21
May 29th, 2008
Version 0.22
November 23rd, 2008

Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
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This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release
0.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was
moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel
2.6.22, and release 0.14.
2.6.22, and release 0.14. It was moved to drivers/platform/x86 for
kernel 2.6.29 and release 0.22.

The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module
names, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace issues.
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rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw": refer to
Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.

EXPERIMENTAL: UWB
-----------------

This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively
tested and validated in various ThinkPad models yet. The feature may not
work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply
the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.

sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw"

This feature exports an rfkill controller for the UWB device, if one is
present and enabled in the BIOS.

Sysfs notes:

rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw": refer to
Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.

Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
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If you have an IBM or Lenovo ThinkPad laptop, say Y or M here.

config THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUGFACILITIES
bool "Maintainer debug facilities"
depends on THINKPAD_ACPI
default n
---help---
Enables extra stuff in the thinkpad-acpi which is completely useless
for normal use. Read the driver source to find out what it does.

Say N here, unless you were told by a kernel maintainer to do
otherwise.

config THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUG
bool "Verbose debug mode"
depends on THINKPAD_ACPI
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