Hi, In the latest round of updates for the sonypi driver, I fergot to send the attached patch which fixes the driver documentation. The patch contains mostly whitespace fixes and some additional information regarding the input layer usage. Please apply. Thanks, Stelian. =================================================================== ChangeSet@1.2351, 2004-11-02 16:38:56+01:00, stelian@popies.net sonypi: documentation fixes (whitespace and input) Signed-off-by: Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> =================================================================== =================================================================== Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> --- 25-akpm/Documentation/sonypi.txt | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/sonypi.txt~sonypi-documentation-fixes Documentation/sonypi.txt --- 25/Documentation/sonypi.txt~sonypi-documentation-fixes Thu Nov 4 15:04:55 2004 +++ 25-akpm/Documentation/sonypi.txt Thu Nov 4 15:04:55 2004 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Sony Programmable I/O Control Device Driver Readme -------------------------------------------------- - Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> + Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Alcôve <www.alcove.com> Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Ashley <m.ashley@unsw.edu.au> Copyright (C) 2001 Junichi Morita <jun1m@mars.dti.ne.jp> @@ -23,16 +23,18 @@ generate, like: 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). - A simple daemon which translates the jogdial movements into mouse wheel events can be downloaded at: <http://popies.net/sonypi/> +Another option to intercept the events is to get them directly through the +input layer. + This driver supports also some ioctl commands for setting the LCD screen -brightness and querying the batteries charge information (some more +brightness and querying the batteries charge information (some more commands may be added in the future). This driver can also be used to set the camera controls on Picturebook series -(brightness, contrast etc), and is used by the video4linux driver for the +(brightness, contrast etc), and is used by the video4linux driver for the Motion Eye camera. Please note that this driver was created by reverse engineering the Windows @@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ module argument syntax (<param>=<value> module or sonypi.<param>=<value> on the kernel boot line when sonypi is statically linked into the kernel). Those options are: - minor: minor number of the misc device /dev/sonypi, + minor: minor number of the misc device /dev/sonypi, default is -1 (automatic allocation, see /proc/misc or kernel logs) @@ -59,14 +61,14 @@ statically linked into the kernel). Thos get enabled unless you set this parameter to 1. Do not use this option unless it's actually necessary, some Vaio models don't deal well with this option. - This option is available only if the kernel is + This option is available only if the kernel is compiled without ACPI support (since it conflicts - with it and it shouldn't be required anyway if + with it and it shouldn't be required anyway if ACPI is already enabled). - verbose: set to 1 to print unknown events received from the + verbose: set to 1 to print unknown events received from the sonypi device. - set to 2 to print all events received from the + set to 2 to print all events received from the sonypi device. compat: uses some compatibility code for enabling the sonypi @@ -75,14 +77,15 @@ statically linked into the kernel). Thos add this option and report to the author. mask: event mask telling the driver what events will be - reported to the user. This parameter is required for some - Vaio models where the hardware reuses values used in - other Vaio models (like the FX series who does not - have a jogdial but reuses the jogdial events for + reported to the user. This parameter is required for + some Vaio models where the hardware reuses values + used in other Vaio models (like the FX series who does + not have a jogdial but reuses the jogdial events for programmable keys events). The default event mask is - set to 0xffffffff, meaning that all possible events will be - tried. You can use the following bits to construct - your own event mask (from drivers/char/sonypi.h): + set to 0xffffffff, meaning that all possible events + will be tried. You can use the following bits to + construct your own event mask (from + drivers/char/sonypi.h): SONYPI_JOGGER_MASK 0x0001 SONYPI_CAPTURE_MASK 0x0002 SONYPI_FNKEY_MASK 0x0004 @@ -97,10 +100,10 @@ statically linked into the kernel). Thos SONYPI_MEMORYSTICK_MASK 0x0800 SONYPI_BATTERY_MASK 0x1000 - useinput: if set (which is the default) jogdial events are - forwarded to the input subsystem as mouse wheel - events. - + useinput: if set (which is the default) two input devices are + created, one which interprets the jogdial events as + mouse events, the other one which acts like a + keyboard reporting the pressing of the special keys. Module use: ----------- @@ -123,17 +126,17 @@ Bugs: 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 + 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. - This happens because the fnkeyinit parameter enables the ACPI - mode (but without additional ACPI control, like processor + This happens because the fnkeyinit parameter enables the ACPI + mode (but without additional ACPI control, like processor speed handling etc). Use ACPI instead of APM if it works on your laptop. - + - since all development was done by reverse engineering, there is _absolutely no guarantee_ that this driver will not crash your laptop. Permanently. _