| Kernel v2.4.10-ac11 /Documentation/sonypi.txt |
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 2.4.10-ac11
 Documentation
 sonypi.txt
diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla/Documentation/sonypi.txt linux.ac/Documentation/sonypi.+
txt
--- linux.vanilla/Documentation/sonypi.txt Tue Aug 14 00:38:29 2001
+++ linux.ac/Documentation/sonypi.txt Wed Oct 10 01:47:28 2001
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
- capture button events (only on Vaio Picturebook series)
- Fn keys
- bluetooth button (only on C1VR model)
+ - back button (PCG-GR7/K model)
+ - lid open/close events (Z600NE model)
Those events (see linux/sonypi.h) can be polled using the character device node
/dev/sonypi (major 10, minor auto allocated or specified as a option).
@@ -36,6 +38,14 @@
Module options:
---------------
+Several options can be passed to the sonypi driver, either by adding them
+to /etc/modules.conf file, when the driver is compiled as a module or by
+adding the following to the kernel command line (in your bootloader):
+
+ sonypi=minor[[[[,camera],fnkeyinit],verbose],compat]
+
+where:
+
minor: minor number of the misc device /dev/sonypi,
default is -1 (automatic allocation, see /proc/misc
or kernel logs)
@@ -48,6 +58,11 @@
get enabled unless you set this parameter to 1
verbose: print unknown events from the sonypi device
+
+ compat: uses some compatibility code for enabling the sonypi
+ events. If the driver worked for you in the past
+ (prior to version 1.5) and does not work anymore,
+ add this option and report to the author.
Module use:
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