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| author | Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org> | 2006-09-22 12:19:16 +0200 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2006-10-14 00:32:24 -0400 |
| commit | 28b779d127d3038ff83f42259d135a063b7cd848 (patch) | |
| tree | 80b13b61c7184bda4c581595d45d51422e4825fe /Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt | |
| parent | 24f7ff0af855ece60064a2532d8b316df02983c6 (diff) | |
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ACPI: ibm_acpi: Documentation the wan feature.
Document the wan feature Jeremy Fitzhardinge added to ibm_acpi.
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>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt index 1672590d8efa..00b8cf3999cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ detailed description): - LCD brightness control - Volume control - Experimental: fan speed, fan enable/disable + - Experimental: WAN enable and disable A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure @@ -601,6 +602,23 @@ with the following command: echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal +EXPERIMENTAL: WAN -- /proc/acpi/ibm/wan +--------------------------------------- + +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. + +This feature shows the presence and current state of a WAN (Sierra +Wireless EV-DO) device. If WAN is installed, the following commands can +be used: + + echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan + echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan + +It was tested on a Lenovo Thinkpad X60. It should probably work on other +Thinkpad models which come with this module installed. Multiple Commands, Module Parameters ------------------------------------ |