1 2008-03-11 Version 0.11.2
3 * Fix compile issue on older kernels
5 * Add EC quirks for 3610 & 5610
7 * Clean up documentation on 3G
9 * Remove the warning on not detecting the mail LED
11 2008-02-08 Version 0.11.1
13 * Fix backlight on AMW0 V1
15 2008-02-08 Version 0.11
17 * Convert AMW0 V2 devices to use WMID methods
19 * Enable Aspire 5020 quirks for all AMW0 (V1) laptops
21 * Add different EC quirk for Medion MD 98000 (AMW0)
23 * Add device/ feature autodetection
25 * Remove all the EC quirks that are no longer needed after the AMW0 V2 and
26 autodetection changes.
28 * Simplify some of the internal code handling for WMID and AMW0 devices
30 * Fix build on OpenSuSE 10.3 with patched 2.6.22 kernel
32 * Fix mail LED return value on WMID
36 2007-12-16 Version 0.10
38 * Add WMI mapper driver (wmi-acer)
40 * Convert acer_acpi to a platform driver, and call the WMI mapper driver
42 * Add EC support for Acer Aspire 5650, 3100, 5100 and 9420
44 * Fix EC support for Acer Aspire 5630 and 9300
46 * Fix build on 2.6.24 kernels
48 * Add DMI based autoloading for Acer laptops in 2.6.23 and newer kernels
50 2007-09-29 Version 0.9.1
52 * Add EC support for Acer TravelMate 5620
56 * Fix more read/ write errors
58 2007-09-27 Version 0.9.0
60 * Fix compiling on older (pre 2.6.20) kernels
62 * Add Acer Aspire 5560, TravelMate 2420 and TravelMate 5720 EC quirks
64 * Cleanup of interface code
66 2007-09-03 Version 0.8.2
68 * Really fix backlight code on older kernels
70 * Fix write errors with /proc/acpi/acer/brightness
72 * Fix problem with driver registration on WMID
74 2007-09-02 Version 0.8.1
76 * Fix backlight code on older (pre 2.6.21) kernels
78 2007-09-01 Version 0.8
80 * Register backlight with backlight subsystem
82 * Register mail LED with LED subsystem
84 * Restored 3G support - please note that on WMID laptops, if you try to write
85 to a device that you don't have, you _will_ get an ACPI error in dmesg (on
86 AMW0 this just fails silently).
88 * Added new sysfs platform driver to /sys/devices/platform/acer_acpi
90 * Added EC support for Aspire 3020, 3040, 5040, 5650 and 9300
92 * Code clean up - switched C99 types to kernel types, removed typedefs
94 2007-08-02 Version 0.7
96 * Removed "enabled: X" support
98 * Added initial support for accessing extra devices/ information through the
99 Embedded Controller (limited to just the Aspire 5020 and TravelMate 2490 -
100 thanks to Petr Tomasek for the TravelMate 2490 support). To test this on
101 another laptop, use "force_series=5020" or "force_series=2490" and report
102 back the results. On the 5020 (AMW0), brightness and accurate reading of
103 wireless and mail LED are supported. On the 2490 (WMID), mail LED is now
104 supported, as well as reading touchpad status. Also, it is possible to force
105 the fan on with both laptops by setting the temperature through ACPI.
107 * Added suspend/ resume support (settings will be correctly stored on return
108 from suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk).
112 2007-07-17 Version 0.6.3
114 * Fix Bash 3.2 bug in Makefile (really fixes *buntu build bug)
116 2007-07-15 Version 0.6.2
118 * Fix packaging bug from 0.6.1 (directory name accidentally
121 2007-07-13 Version 0.6.1
123 * Remove 2.4 kernel check, as it breaks *buntu systems
124 (acer_acpi is still 2.6 only)
126 2007-07-06 Version 0.6
128 * Ran code through lindent (Kernel coding style)
130 * Deprecated "enabled : X" - "X" will now just work
132 * Patched Makefile to stop complaining on kernels <= 2.6.17
135 * Added support for new "WMID" interface (thanks to Jim Ramsay)
137 * Rewrote backend code for all interfaces and /proc (thanks to
140 2007-05-05 Version 0.5
142 * Added new maintainer (Carlos Corbacho)
144 * cat /proc/acpi/acer/{feature} now works
146 * All devices are now turned off by default
148 * Fixed Makefile to build with kernels < 2.6.17 (Bug #2)
150 * Dropped support for 2.4 kernels
152 2007-03-31 Version 0.4
154 * Now builds on current kernels! (thanks to Carlos Corbacho)
156 * acer_acpi has a new home: http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi