Merge branch 'thinkpad-acpi' into release

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Len Brown 2009-01-16 14:45:24 -05:00
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ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
Version 0.21
May 29th, 2008
Version 0.22
November 23rd, 2008
Borislav Deianov <[email protected]>
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[email protected]>
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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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