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| author | Antonio Hernández Blas <hba.nihilismus@gmail.com> | 2010-05-13 00:42:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-05-13 00:42:02 +0200 |
| commit | b1a51046dea92c1bbc161580f5ec0f6e437abe35 (patch) | |
| tree | 17be274758e649c9cad935c697cccb7d768afee2 /system/tp_smapi/README | |
| parent | 66b5b99cb920d0b08dba12df072d70e37837a350 (diff) | |
system/tp_smapi: Updated for version 0.40
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diff --git a/system/tp_smapi/README b/system/tp_smapi/README index f9b6b722bcbf..df6db4a52e53 100644 --- a/system/tp_smapi/README +++ b/system/tp_smapi/README @@ -3,3 +3,23 @@ tp_smapi (SMAPI BIOS access for ThinkPad Laptops) ThinkPad laptops include a proprietary interface called SMAPI BIOS (System Management Application Program Interface) which provides some hardware control functionality that is not accessible by other means. + +############################################################################## +############################################################################## + +WARNING: +This driver uses undocumented features and direct hardware access. +It thus cannot be guaranteed to work, and may cause arbitrary damage +(especially on models it wasn't tested on). + +############################################################################## +############################################################################## + +To get a package for other kernel release, execute this SlackBuild as: + # KERNEL_VERS='2.6.31' ./tp_smapi.SlackBuild + +By default its going to be built for the output from $(uname -r) + +Finally, its highly recommended to read these sections in www.thinkwiki.org +http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tp_smapi +http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Talk:Tp_smapi |