On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, sten wrote:
> ahh, I see. So the "ThinkPad Console Audio Control" is a mixer in the
> ThinkPad firmware, and that's why it works on older ACPI Thinkpads?
Yes. And right now, it only works right on the older thinkpads. It is
*not* limited to ACPI thinkpads, it can work on much older boxes like the
T20 and even older in NVRAM polling mode.
There are a few fixes pending for the NVRAM polling mode, though (minor
stuff).
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, sten wrote:
> ahh, I see. So the "ThinkPad Console Audio Control" is a mixer in the
> ThinkPad firmware, and that's why it works on older ACPI Thinkpads?
Yes. And right now, it only works right on the older thinkpads. It is
*not* limited to ACPI thinkpads, it can work on much older boxes like the
T20 and even older in NVRAM polling mode.
There are a few fixes pending for the NVRAM polling mode, though (minor
stuff).
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh