wok-6.x annotate tp_smapi/description.txt @ rev 14803
slitaz-configs: up 5.1.5; slitaz-tools and slitaz-tools-boxes: up 5.4.
| author | Aleksej Bobylev <al.bobylev@gmail.com> |
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| date | Tue Jul 16 20:16:33 2013 +0300 (2013-07-16) |
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| pascal@11227 | 1 ThinkPad laptops include a proprietary interface called SMAPI BIOS |
| pascal@11227 | 2 (System Management Application Program Interface) which provides some |
| pascal@11227 | 3 hardware control functionality that is not accessible by other means. |
| pascal@11227 | 4 |
| pascal@11227 | 5 tp_smapi is highly recommended if you're using a ThinkPad laptop. |
| pascal@11227 | 6 |
| pascal@11227 | 7 Not all functions are available on all models; for detailed status, see: |
| pascal@11227 | 8 http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/tp_smapi |
| pascal@11227 | 9 |
| pascal@11227 | 10 WARNING: |
| pascal@11227 | 11 This driver uses undocumented features and direct hardware access. |
| pascal@11227 | 12 It thus cannot be guaranteed to work, and may cause arbitrary damage |
| pascal@11227 | 13 (especially on models it wasn't tested on). |