Re: [Mactel-linux-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Apple SMC driver (hardware monitoring and control)

[Nicolas B. <ni...@bo...>]

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Thanks for reporting this bug.

I can reproduce it, I'll report it upstream as soon as I can...

Best regards,

Nicolas

Bradley Hook wrote:
> Slightly off-topic, but I've been experiencing a minor bug in the
> keyboard backlight feature.
> 
> I say it is "minor" only because the feature serves no real functional
> purpose. You can activate a trigger called "heartbeat" that will cause
> the keyboard light to pulse at a speed based on the CPU usage. On my
> MBP17, after activating this trigger the machine will either lock-up
> or core dump within about a minute (timing is not consistent).
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a part of the driver you wrote, but if it is
> then I thought you might like to know. If not, maybe the person who
> did write this module will see this message.
> 
> ~Bradley
> 
> On 3/20/07, Nicolas Boichat <ni...@bo...> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Bob Copeland wrote:
>>> On 3/14/07, Nicolas Boichat <ni...@bo...> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I developed, a while ago, a driver the Apple System Management
>>>> Controller, which provides an accelerometer (Apple Sudden Motion
>>>> Sensor), light sensors, temperature sensors, keyboard backlight control
>>>> and fan control on Intel-based Apple's computers (MacBook Pro, MacBook,
>>>> MacMini).
>>> Hi Nicolas,
>>>
>>> I tried out an earlier version of this patch several months ago just to
>>> play
>>> around with the joystick part of the accelerometer driver on my MacBook,
>>> and
>>> found that it was backwards in the y-direction compared to what Neverball
>>> seemed to want (of course, NB has no way to invert the joystick).  I think
>>> I just did something like this in my own copy:
>>>
>>> +       y = -y;
>>>        input_report_abs(applesmc_idev, ABS_X, x - rest_x);
>>>        input_report_abs(applesmc_idev, ABS_Y, y - rest_y);
>>>
>>> I don't claim you necessarily want to change it, but thought I'd pass it
>>> along.
>> I tried neverball on my Macbook Pro 1st generation (Core Duo, not Core 2
>> Duo), and the x axis in inverted, not the y axis.
>>
>> Could you confirm which axis is inverted on your Macbook?
>>
>> Also, have you tried the modified hdaps-gl, available here:
>> http://mactel-linux.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mactel-linux/trunk/tools/hdaps-gl/
>> ? Is it working correctly?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Nicolas
>>
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