Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/g…

…it/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (105 commits)
  sonypi: use mutex instead of semaphore
  sony-laptop: remove user visible camera controls as platform attributes
  meye: make meye use sony-laptop instead of sonypi
  sony-laptop: add a meye-usable include file for camera ops
  sony-laptop: complete the motion eye camera support in sony-laptop
  sonypi: try to detect if sony-laptop has already taken one of the known ioports
  sonypi: suggest sonypi users to try sony-laptop instead
  sony-laptop: add edge modem support (also called WWAN)
  sony-laptop: add locking on accesses to the ioport and global vars
  sony-laptop: add camera enable/disable parameter, better handle possible infinite loop
  thinkpad-acpi: make drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi:fan_mutex static
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: add sysfs support to wan and bluetooth subdrivers
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: add sysfs support to hotkey subdriver
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: improve dock subdriver initialization
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: improve debugging for acpi helpers
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: improve fan control documentation
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: map ENXIO to EINVAL for fan sysfs
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix a fan watchdog invocation
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: do not arm fan watchdog if it would not work
  ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: add a fan-control feature master toggle
  ...

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -181,19 +181,41 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			that require a timer override, but don't have
 			HPET
 
-	acpi_dbg_layer=	[HW,ACPI]
+	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI]
 			Format: <int>
 			Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer,
 			1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time
 			debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set
-			via /proc/acpi/debug_layer.
-
-	acpi_dbg_level=	[HW,ACPI]
+			via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer.
+			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output.
+			Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable debug output
+			for specific parts of the ACPI subsystem:
+			0x01 utilities 0x02 hardware 0x04 events 0x08 tables
+			0x10 namespace 0x20 parser 0x40 dispatcher
+			0x80 executer 0x100 resources 0x200 acpica debugger
+			0x400 os services 0x800 acpica disassembler.
+			The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex.
+			Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
+			output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
+
+	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI]
 			Format: <int>
 			Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level,
 			1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time
 			debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set
-			via /proc/acpi/debug_level.
+			via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level.
+			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output.
+			Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable different
+			debug output levels of the ACPI subsystem:
+			0x01 error 0x02 warn 0x04 init 0x08 debug object
+			0x10 info 0x20 init names 0x40 parse 0x80 load
+			0x100 dispatch 0x200 execute 0x400 names 0x800 operation region
+			0x1000 bfield 0x2000 tables 0x4000 values 0x8000 objects
+			0x10000 resources 0x20000 user requests 0x40000 package.
+			The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex.
+			Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
+			output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
+
 
 	acpi_fake_ecdt	[HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT
 

Documentation/sony-laptop.txt

@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@ Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme
 	Copyright (C) 2004- 2005 Stelian Pop <[email protected]>
 	Copyright (C) 2007 Mattia Dongili <[email protected]>
 
-This mini-driver drives the SNC device present in the ACPI BIOS of
-the Sony Vaio laptops.
+This mini-driver drives the SNC and SPIC device present in the ACPI BIOS of the
+Sony Vaio laptops. This driver mixes both devices functions under the same
+(hopefully consistent) interface. This also means that the sonypi driver is
+obsoleted by sony-laptop now.
 
-It gives access to some extra laptop functionalities. In its current
-form, this driver let the user set or query the screen brightness
-through the backlight subsystem and remove/apply power to some devices.
+Fn keys (hotkeys):
+------------------
+Some models report hotkeys through the SNC or SPIC devices, such events are
+reported both through the ACPI subsystem as acpi events and through the INPUT
+subsystem. See the logs of acpid or /proc/acpi/event and
+/proc/bus/input/devices to find out what those events are and which input
+devices are created by the driver.
 
 Backlight control:
 ------------------
@@ -39,6 +45,8 @@ The files are:
 	audiopower		power on/off the internal sound card
 	lanpower		power on/off the internal ethernet card
 				(only in debug mode)
+	bluetoothpower		power on/off the internal bluetooth device
+	fanspeed		get/set the fan speed
 
 Note that some files may be missing if they are not supported
 by your particular laptop model.
@@ -76,9 +84,9 @@ The sony-laptop driver creates, for some of those methods (the most
 current ones found on several Vaio models), an entry under
 /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop, just like the 'cdpower' one.
 You can create other entries corresponding to your own laptop methods by
-further editing the source (see the 'sony_acpi_values' table, and add a new
+further editing the source (see the 'sony_nc_values' table, and add a new
 entry to this table with your get/set method names using the
-HANDLE_NAMES macro).
+SNC_HANDLE_NAMES macro).
 
 Your mission, should you accept it, is to try finding out what
 those entries are for, by reading/writing random values from/to those
@@ -87,6 +95,9 @@ files and find out what is the impact on your laptop.
 Should you find anything interesting, please report it back to me,
 I will not disavow all knowledge of your actions :)
 
+See also http://www.linux.it/~malattia/wiki/index.php/Sony_drivers for other
+useful info.
+
 Bugs/Limitations:
 -----------------