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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/sony_acpi.txt b/Documentation/acpi/sony_acpi.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 35a04bea38d7..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/acpi/sony_acpi.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,87 +0,0 @@ -ACPI Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme ----------------------------------------------- - Copyright (C) 2004- 2005 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> - -This mini-driver drives the ACPI SNC device present in the -ACPI BIOS of the Sony Vaio laptops. - -It gives access to some extra laptop functionalities. In -its current form, this driver is mainly useful for controlling the -screen brightness, but it may do more in the future. - -You should probably start by trying the sonypi driver, and try -sony_acpi only if sonypi doesn't work for you. - -Usage: ------- - -Loading the sony_acpi module will create a /proc/acpi/sony/ -directory populated with a couple of files. - -You then read/write integer values from/to those files by using -standard UNIX tools. - -The files are: - brightness current screen brightness - brightness_default screen brightness which will be set - when the laptop will be rebooted - cdpower power on/off the internal CD drive - -Note that some files may be missing if they are not supported -by your particular laptop model. - -Example usage: - # echo "1" > /proc/acpi/sony/brightness -sets the lowest screen brightness, - # echo "8" > /proc/acpi/sony/brightness -sets the highest screen brightness, - # cat /proc/acpi/sony/brightness -retrieves the current screen brightness. - -Development: ------------- - -If you want to help with the development of this driver (and -you are not afraid of any side effects doing strange things with -your ACPI BIOS could have on your laptop), load the driver and -pass the option 'debug=1'. - -REPEAT: DON'T DO THIS IF YOU DON'T LIKE RISKY BUSINESS. - -In your kernel logs you will find the list of all ACPI methods -the SNC device has on your laptop. You can see the GBRT/SBRT methods -used to get/set the brightness, but there are others. - -I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THOSE METHODS DO. - -The sony_acpi driver creates, for some of those methods (the most -current ones found on several Vaio models), an entry under -/proc/acpi/sony/, just like the 'brightness' one. You can create -other entries corresponding to your own laptop methods by further -editing the source (see the 'sony_acpi_values' table, and add a new -structure to this table with your get/set method names). - -Your mission, should you accept it, is to try finding out what -those entries are for, by reading/writing random values from/to those -files and find out what is the impact on your laptop. - -Should you find anything interesting, please report it back to me, -I will not disavow all knowledge of your actions :) - -Bugs/Limitations: ------------------ - -* This driver is not based on official documentation from Sony - (because there is none), so there is no guarantee this driver - will work at all, or do the right thing. Although this hasn't - happened to me, this driver could do very bad things to your - laptop, including permanent damage. - -* The sony_acpi and sonypi drivers do not interact at all. In the - future, sonypi could use sony_acpi to do (part of) its business. - -* spicctrl, which is the userspace tool used to communicate with the - sonypi driver (through /dev/sonypi) does not try to use the - sony_acpi driver. In the future, spicctrl could try sonypi first, - and if it isn't present, try sony_acpi instead. - |