Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:09:15 -0400 From: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> To: Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [acpi-jp 3000] Re: Fujitsu Function Button ACPI Module (FJEX) Message-ID: <200407131809.20598.mistry.7@osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040713152727.GA1018@laptop.6bone.nl> References: <200401121945.59585.mistry.7@osu.edu> <200407021147.52966.mistry.7@osu.edu> <20040713152727.GA1018@laptop.6bone.nl>
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 13 July 2004 11:27 am, you wrote: > On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 11:47:36AM -0400, Anish Mistry wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Monday 12 January 2004 08:29 pm, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Anish Mistry wrote: > > > > I've been sitting on this for a while waiting to hear back from the > > > > primary author, but no word after a few weeks, so I'm posting it to > > > > see what people think. This module allows a program to receive > > > > events when the function buttons are pressed. It's companion > > > > userland program fujiapp hooks in and receives and event when a > > > > button is pressed and show the level. It has only been tested on t= he > > > > Fujitsu P2000 series laptops, but may work on other models with the > > > > FJEX acpi device. > > > > > > > > Sean's website: > > > > http://www.stalker.org/~sean/freebsd-p2040/FujiApp/ > > > > > > > > My modifications to make it a loadable module: > > > > http://am-productions.biz/docs/acpi_fjex.tgz > > > > and just fujiapp without the module source included: > > > > http://am-productions.biz/docs/fujiapp-1.1.tgz > > > > > > You should use acpi_UserNotify() to send events to userland. The > > > events will appear on /dev/devctl and can be parsed by devd. If you > > > can do what you want via devd.conf, fine. If you want to have your o= wn > > > program reading /dev/devctl, you'll have to implement device cloning > > > for /dev/devctl first or not run devd. (A current deficiently in devc= tl > > > is that only one reader can be present at a time.) > > > > > > -Nate > > > > After much procrastination I've finally updated this module to CURRENT > > and match the Toshiba driver. Test if you have a Fujitsu P2000 (I've > > heard this device also appears on the P5000 and the S series). > > > > http://am-productions.biz/docs/acpi_fuji.tgz > > > > FYI: My network has been a bit flaky you might have to request it a > > couple of times before it goes through. > > > > Opps, sent it to the old list. I know that there are some style issues, > > but I'd like to get comments about anything that is wrong with the way > > I've done things, or just suggestions. > > Hi, > > I forgot whether I mentioned it already, but I'm having a look at it > (again). We should get it ready for import this time, I tried to get some > Fujitsu laptop, but that failed, so you have to do the testing for me. > I'd be happy to test the code changes. The code that I've linked to works= =20 quite well on my P2110, and I've created a little companion script that=20 displays changes by receiving events from devd, which I haven't posted yet. =2D --=20 Anish Mistry =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA9F2LxqA5ziudZT0RAqluAJ9TAEBiqvg7wJedR/DwE6976NrAewCcDygZ zPKNnesm6Kk7nFDuov9N1D0=3D =3DKq5Z =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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