From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 09:36:23 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 3BD1A16A4C0 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:36:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net (defout.telus.net [199.185.220.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD27443F93 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:36:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from admin@icionline.ca) Received: from [192.168.19.4] ([142.179.173.206]) by priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.netESMTP <20030820163619.JBGG27176.priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net@[192.168.19.4]>; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:36:19 -0600 From: James Earl To: edscott@imp.mx In-Reply-To: <1061343265.951.17.camel@scorpio.eco.imp.mx> References: <1061343265.951.17.camel@scorpio.eco.imp.mx> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1061397533.253.31.camel@comp4.ici.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 20 Aug 2003 10:38:54 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 16:36:23 -0000 On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 19:34, 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... > > Edscott Wilson Garcia I'm going to have to give this a try on my Satellite A10! This is a related issue, perhaps you may know the answer... my A10 will dim and brighten the display based on a "battery save mode" BIOS setting, and depending on whether or not the AC power adapter is plugged in to the machine. There are other system settings which are supposed to change along with the display brightness. For example, here are the options shown in the BIOS system setup: BATTERY: Battery Save Mode = Low Power - Processing Speed = Low - CPU Sleep Mode = Enabled - Display Auto Off = 03Min. - HDD Auto Off = 03Min. - LCD Brightness = Semi-Bright - Cooling Method = Battery Optimized This seems to work right up until the FreeBSD kernel loads. Do your BIOS settings include a similar setting? Would it be possible for someone to write a patch that would make the FreeBSD ACPI to allow these settings to work? I don't know very much about the workings of the FreeBSD ACPI, but I'm trying to learn, and am very curious to know why this works the way it does. :)