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

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Date:   Sun, 1 Oct 2017 12:31:19 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
Cc:     Benjamin Berg <bberg@...hat.com>,
        Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <ibm-acpi@....eng.br>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter FP1 Zhang <zhangfp1@...ovo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thinkpad_acpi: Implement tablet mode resolving using GMMS method

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com> wrote:
> Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
>
> 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.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko