From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 23:08:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6935A16A4BF for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 23:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xyzzy.wireless.snsonline.net (dhcp.looksmart.com.au [210.9.52.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B8B843F93 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 23:08:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Received: from xyzzy.wireless.snsonline.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h7K681PS045680; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:08:01 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Received: (from sarge@localhost)h7K67wVr045679; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:07:58 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: xyzzy.wireless.snsonline.net: sarge set sender to msergeant@snsonline.net using -f From: Mark Sergeant To: Scott Lambert In-Reply-To: <20030820055722.GA762@laptop.lambertfam.org> References: <1061343265.951.17.camel@scorpio.eco.imp.mx> <20030820055722.GA762@laptop.lambertfam.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: SNSOnline Technical Services Message-Id: <1061359677.1002.3.camel@xyzzy.wireless.snsonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:07:57 +1000 cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patch for toshiba acpi X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 06:08:09 -0000 I have just one other observation, I found a funky tool a while back called toshctl, it has the following... bios.date: 1026309600 bios.id: 64615 bios.version: 2.00 TOSHIBA hci.cpu_speed: 1 hci.fan: 1 hci.lcd.backlight: 1 hci.lcd.brightness: 7 hci.lcd.mode: 2 hci.lcd.type: 4 hci.power_source: 1 hci.select_bay: 4 hci.software_suspend: 1 If you haven't looked at it it's definantly a worthwhile tool. Cheers, Mark On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:57, Scott Lambert wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 08:34:25PM -0500, edscott wilson garcia wrote: > > I finally got the lcd brightness control and force-fan to work on a > > toshiba 2455 on FreeBSD 5.1. If anybody is interested, you can find the > > patch at http://linux.imp.mx/toshiba/ > > > > In to use it, apply patch and recompile acpi.ko module and copy to > > /boot/kernel. Once rebooted, sysctl will see two new variables: > > hw.acpi.toshiba.lcd_brightness > > hw.acpi.toshiba.force_fan > > > > lcd_brightness has eight values (0-7) and force fan two values (0-1). > > > > Finally I can dim the screen and get rid of this headache... > > This is REALLY REALLY REALLY cool. No, I mean literally, this laptop, a > Satellite 2805-S201, is now cool. > > By forcing the fan on, I've lowered the temperature by more than 12K. > That makes it cool enough that my leg doesn't think its on a spit above > a barbeque pit. > > Before forcing the fan on: > hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature: 3282 > > After forcing the fan on it seems to have stablized around: > hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature: 3162 > > ./acpi_temp > System temperature = 316.2 K 43.0 C 109.4 > > It was 315.2K before I started Opera. > > 5 minutes later: > ./acpi_temp > System temperature = 311.2 K 38.0 C 100.4 F > > I've also set the LCD brightness to 0. It's not a dramatic effect but > it *is* somewhat less bright than it is at 7. > > Thank you for doing this Mr. Garcia. > > Mr. Lawson, is it possible this patch could find it's way into the base > tree someday? -- Mark Sergeant SNSOnline Technical Services