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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:38:45 +0300 |
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Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstov@××××××.ru> wrote: |
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> Ângelo Miguel Arrifano wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:58 +0300 |
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> > Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstov@××××××.ru> wrote: |
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> > |
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> >> Ângelo Miguel Arrifano wrote: |
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> >> |
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> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- |
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> >>> Hash: SHA1 |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Hello everybody, |
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> >>> |
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> >>> With the introduction of windows Vista, most of "Vista ready" laptops |
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> >>> comes with Vista Hotstart(TM) technology support. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> You can read more about this: |
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> >>> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/kb/performance/what-is-windows-hotstart |
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> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/hotstart.mspx |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Since Microsoft is making a lot of propaganda about this feature on Vista and |
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> >>> I own a HP dv6535ep laptop that supports it, I wrote a Linux driver and opened |
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> >>> a SF.net project to support these devices under linux. |
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> >>> The project is here: http://quickstart.sourceforge.net |
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> >>> |
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> >>> With this driver and a simple init script its possible to launch applications |
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> >>> at boot time by pressing a hotkey while the laptop is either turned off |
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> >>> or in memory suspend. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> With this email I'm proposing getting the driver into portage and creating a |
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> >>> Gentoo doc for this matter. I think people using Gentoo on Hotstart supported |
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> >>> devices could potentially benefit of this feature. Plus, the kernel driver is |
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> >>> very simple and looks stable in the last months. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >> I have dell inspiron 6400 with gentoo linux. Does my notebook support |
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> >> this tehnology ? |
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> >> |
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> >> -- |
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> >> С уважением, Vasiliy G Tolstov |
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> >> http://www.selfip.ru |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> > If you have your disassembled dsdt acpi table at hand, just grep it for PNP0C32. If |
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> > PNP0C32 is referenced then yes, it should support. |
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> > |
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> > Anyway, you can always build the kernel module and load it. It won't harm your laptop |
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> > in case it's not supported. |
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> > |
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> > Have a look at the project page for more information: http://quickstart.sourceforge.net |
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> > |
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> > Thanks, |
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> > |
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> this is from my dsdt - is my notebook support this tehnology ? |
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> |
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> Device (MBTN) |
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> { |
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> Name (_HID, "PNP0C32") |
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> Name (_UID, 0x00) |
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> Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized) |
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> { |
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> If (LLess (OSID (), 0x20)) |
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> { |
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> Return (0x00) |
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> } |
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> |
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> Return (0x0F) |
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> } |
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> |
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> Name (_PRW, Package (0x02) |
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> { |
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> 0x16, |
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> 0x05 |
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> }) |
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> Method (GHID, 0, NotSerialized) |
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> { |
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> Store (HSCO (0x01), Local0) |
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> If (Local0) |
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> { |
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> Notify (\_SB.MBTN, 0x02) |
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> HSCO (0x02) |
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> } |
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> |
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> Return (Buffer (0x01) |
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> { |
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> /* 0000 */ 0x00 |
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> }) |
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> } |
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> } |
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> -- |
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> С уважением, Vasiliy G Tolstov |
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> http://www.selfip.ru |
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Yes, that's it. And MBTN is a hotstart button. |
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Your laptop is supported, could you please try the driver? |
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Thanks, |
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Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX |
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CSE Student at UBI, Portugal |
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Gentoo Linux AMD64 Arch Tester |
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miknix@×××××.com |
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http://miknix.homelinux.com |
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PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B |
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