[tlinux-users:08108] New release of omnibook module soon: testing welcome

Hello.
I will make a new release very soon.
This new version will, among other things include code made for
Toshiba M40, Tecra S1 and co laptops. (aka ectype 13).
This was made using Toshiba provided technical documentations.
What _should_ be working is:
* LCD backlight reading and control
* External display status reading and control
* Wifi / Bluetooth adapters query and control
* Hotkeys -- first half

What I mean by "first half" is that all hotkeys should now generate the 
same scancode.
Real support, that is each hotkey generate is own scancode will come 
hopefully
in the release after that one.
But this is not trivial.

You have to understand the laptop I own is NOT among those supported by that
code which mean that the code is not well tested, that is why I have not 
done
the release yet.
Whoever feels confident enough to help fixing bugs, can make a svn pull
of the trunk, that is do:

svn export https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/omnibook/omnibook/trunk

to get a local copy of the source code to be compiled as usual. (you may 
need
to install svn first, the Debian/Ubuntu package is called subversion).
Have a look at your kernel logs upon module loading. If your own a 
Toshiba MXX
or a Tecra laptop which is not yet in the auto-detection database try to 
load
the module using "modprobe omnibook ectype=13"
Try all features, press hotkeys, see what happen, what messages are 
displayed in
the kernel logs.
Thank you for trying this.

There is also new code for Toshiba M40X/M70 and co laptops (aka ectype 12)
This include:

* Much improved external display status reading and control
* Touchpad enable/disable
* Wifi / Bluetooth adapters query and control

Users of the driver might notice that the Wifi/Bluetooth stuff is completely
new, external display reading and control has also been greatly expanded.
Read doc/Readme for details. Please note that trying to enable/disable
external VGA port or TV-OUT port does nothing (fglrx driver) or crash X
(ati driver) on my laptop, so be cautious before trying this particular
feature.

-- 
Mathieu Bérard