Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / Documentation / laptops / acer-wmi.txt

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--- a/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/acer-wmi.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Acer Laptop WMI Extras Driver
 http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi
-Version 0.1
-9th February 2008
+Version 0.3
+4th April 2009
 
-Copyright 2007-2008 Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk>
+Copyright 2007-2009 Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk>
 
 acer-wmi is a driver to allow you to control various parts of your Acer laptop
 hardware under Linux which are exposed via ACPI-WMI.
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ not possible in kernel space from a 64 bit OS.
 Supported Hardware
 ******************
 
-Please see the website for the current list of known working hardare:
+NOTE: The Acer Aspire One is not supported hardware. It cannot work with
+acer-wmi until Acer fix their ACPI-WMI implementation on them, so has been
+blacklisted until that happens.
+
+Please see the website for the current list of known working hardware:
 
 http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/wiki/SupportedHardware
 
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ DSDT.
 
 To send me the DSDT, as root/sudo:
 
-cat /sys/firmware/acpi/DSDT > dsdt
+cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > dsdt
 
 And send me the resulting 'dsdt' file.
 
@@ -80,24 +84,14 @@ once you enable the radio, will depend on your hardware and driver combination.
 e.g. With the BCM4318 on the Acer Aspire 5020 series:
 
 ndiswrapper: Light blinks on when transmitting
-bcm43xx/b43: Solid light, blinks off when transmitting
+b43: Solid light, blinks off when transmitting
 
 Wireless radio control is unconditionally enabled - all Acer laptops that support
 acer-wmi come with built-in wireless. However, should you feel so inclined to
 ever wish to remove the card, or swap it out at some point, please get in touch
 with me, as we may well be able to gain some data on wireless card detection.
 
-To read the status of the wireless radio (0=off, 1=on):
-cat /sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/wireless
-
-To enable the wireless radio:
-echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/wireless
-
-To disable the wireless radio:
-echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/wireless
-
-To set the state of the wireless radio when loading acer-wmi, pass:
-wireless=X (where X is 0 or 1)
+The wireless radio is exposed through rfkill.
 
 Bluetooth
 *********
@@ -117,17 +111,7 @@ For the adventurously minded - if you want to buy an internal bluetooth
 module off the internet that is compatible with your laptop and fit it, then
 it will work just fine with acer-wmi.
 
-To read the status of the bluetooth module (0=off, 1=on):
-cat /sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/wireless
-
-To enable the bluetooth module:
-echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/bluetooth
-
-To disable the bluetooth module:
-echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/bluetooth
-
-To set the state of the bluetooth module when loading acer-wmi, pass:
-bluetooth=X (where X is 0 or 1)
+Bluetooth is exposed through rfkill.
 
 3G
 **
@@ -169,13 +153,11 @@ can be added to acer-wmi.
 
 The LED is exposed through the LED subsystem, and can be found in:
 
-/sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/leds/acer-mail:green/
+/sys/devices/platform/acer-wmi/leds/acer-wmi::mail/
 
 The mail LED is autodetected, so if you don't have one, the LED device won't
 be registered.
 
-If you have a mail LED that is not green, please report this to me.
-
 Backlight
 *********