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Subject: [acpi-jp 2617] Re: Asus L3H notebook issues
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Philip Paeps wrote:
> > Great!  I don't have an ASUS or Toshiba laptop so I can't port the Linux
> > driver for these extra features.
>
> I should have a relatively working implementation at some point over the
> weekend.  I've got most of the things on my laptop working now, except for the
> display switching and the volume.
>
> Having looked at the ACPI bits from some other laptops recently, it appears as
> though a lot of them are implementing leds and hotkeys in much the same way as
> Asus is doing it.  I'm making my driver 'general' enough so it should be able
> to deal with brands !Asus as well.

Sounds great.  I'd love to take a look at it once you have it mostly
working.

> > Is that what you're using for the reference?
>
> Yes, though I'm being careful about not 'referencing' it so much that it might
> be mistaken as a 'derived work' and force me to put it under the GPL.  I've
> taken their information about the different models of laptops and that's about
> it.

Good.  I use Linux to get an idea of functionality (i.e. ACPI ids and
Notify methods) but implement everything separately.

-Nate
