Re: [PATCH] thinkpad_acpi: Implement tablet mode resolving using GMMS method

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Sun Oct 01 2017 - 05:31:47 EST


On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On Fri, 2017-09-15 at 15:20 +0200, Benjamin Berg wrote:
>> Many thinkpad laptops and convertibles provide the GMMS method to
>> resolve how far the laptop has been opened and whether it has been
>> converted into tablet mode. This allows reporting a more precise tablet
>> mode state to userspace.
>>
>> The current implementation only reports a summarized tablet mode state
>> which is triggered as soon as the input devices become unusable as they
>> are folded away from the display.
>>
>> This will work on all models where the CMMD method was used previously and
>> it may also work in other cases.
>>
>> Thanks to Peter Zhang of Lenovo for providing information on how to use the
>> GMMS method to query the tablet mode.

I dunno why this one didn't appear in our patchwork database.
I'll go to apply manually soon.
Sorry for the delay.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko