[PATCH 2.4.8 and 2.4.8-ac2] sonypi driver documentation updates.

Stelian Pop (stelian.pop@fr.alcove.com)
Mon, 13 Aug 2001 17:22:11 +0200


Hi,

This patch updates the documentation for the sonypi driver,
reporting some issues found by several users.

Linus, Alan, please apply.

--- linux-2.4.8-ac2.orig/Documentation/sonypi.txt Wed Jul 4 23:41:33 2001
+++ linux-2.4.8-ac2/Documentation/sonypi.txt Mon Aug 13 17:19:34 2001
@@ -65,6 +65,19 @@
Bugs:
-----

+ - several users reported that this driver disables the BIOS-managed
+ Fn-keys which put the laptop in sleeping state, or switch the
+ external monitor on/off. There is no workaround yet, since this
+ driver disables all APM management for those keys, by enabling the
+ ACPI management (and the ACPI core stuff is not complete yet). If
+ you have one of those laptops with working Fn keys and want to
+ continue to use them, don't use this driver.
+
+ - some users reported that the laptop speed is lower (dhrystone
+ tested) when using the driver with the fnkeyinit parameter. I cannot
+ reproduce it on my laptop and not all users have this problem.
+ Still under investigation.
+
- since all development was done by reverse engineering, there is
_absolutely no guarantee_ that this driver will not crash your
laptop. Permanently.

-- 
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