Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

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Hello everybody,

With the introduction of windows Vista, most of "Vista
ready" laptops
comes with Vista Hotstart(TM) technology support.

You can read more about this:
http://www.vistabase.co.uk/kb/performance/what
-is-windows-hotstart
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platfor
m/firmware/hotstart.mspx

Since Microsoft is making a lot of propaganda about this
feature on Vista and
I own a HP dv6535ep laptop that supports it, I wrote a Linux
driver and opened
a SF.net project to support these devices under linux.
The project is here: http://quickstart.s
ourceforge.net

With this driver and a simple init script its possible to
launch applications
at boot time by pressing a hotkey while the laptop is either
turned off
or in memory suspend.

With this email I'm proposing getting the driver into
portage and creating a
Gentoo doc for this matter. I think people using Gentoo on
Hotstart supported
devices could potentially benefit of this feature. Plus, the
kernel driver is
very simple and looks stable in the last months.

Sincerely,
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CSE Student at UBI, Portugal
Gentoo Linux AMD64 Arch Tester
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Ângelo Miguel Arrifano wrote:
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> Hello everybody,
>
> With the introduction of windows Vista, most of
"Vista ready" laptops
> comes with Vista Hotstart(TM) technology support.
>
> You can read more about this:
> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/kb/performance/what
-is-windows-hotstart
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platfor
m/firmware/hotstart.mspx
>
> Since Microsoft is making a lot of propaganda about
this feature on Vista and
> I own a HP dv6535ep laptop that supports it, I wrote a
Linux driver and opened
> a SF.net project to support these devices under linux.
> The project is here: http://quickstart.s
ourceforge.net
>
> With this driver and a simple init script its possible
to launch applications
> at boot time by pressing a hotkey while the laptop is
either turned off
> or in memory suspend.
>
> With this email I'm proposing getting the driver into
portage and creating a
> Gentoo doc for this matter. I think people using Gentoo
on Hotstart supported
> devices could potentially benefit of this feature.
Plus, the kernel driver is
> very simple and looks stable in the last months.
>   

I have dell inspiron 6400 with gentoo linux. Does my
notebook support 
this tehnology ?

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С уважением, Vasiliy G Tolstov
http://www.selfip.ru

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:58 +0300
Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstovselfip.ru> wrote:

> Ângelo Miguel Arrifano wrote:
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> >
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > With the introduction of windows Vista, most of
"Vista ready" laptops
> > comes with Vista Hotstart(TM) technology support.
> >
> > You can read more about this:
> > http://www.vistabase.co.uk/kb/performance/what
-is-windows-hotstart
> > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platfor
m/firmware/hotstart.mspx
> >
> > Since Microsoft is making a lot of propaganda
about this feature on Vista and
> > I own a HP dv6535ep laptop that supports it, I
wrote a Linux driver and opened
> > a SF.net project to support these devices under
linux.
> > The project is here: http://quickstart.s
ourceforge.net
> >
> > With this driver and a simple init script its
possible to launch applications
> > at boot time by pressing a hotkey while the laptop
is either turned off
> > or in memory suspend.
> >
> > With this email I'm proposing getting the driver
into portage and creating a
> > Gentoo doc for this matter. I think people using
Gentoo on Hotstart supported
> > devices could potentially benefit of this feature.
Plus, the kernel driver is
> > very simple and looks stable in the last months.
> >   
> 
> I have dell inspiron 6400 with gentoo linux. Does my
notebook support 
> this tehnology ?
> 
> -- 
> С уважением, Vasiliy G Tolstov
> http://www.selfip.ru
> 
> 
If you have your disassembled dsdt acpi table at hand, just
grep it for PNP0C32. If
PNP0C32 is referenced then yes, it should support.

Anyway, you can always build the kernel module and load it.
It won't harm your laptop
in case it's not supported.

Have a look at the project page for more information: http://quickstart.s
ourceforge.net

Thanks,
-- 
Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX
CSE Student at UBI, Portugal
Gentoo Linux AMD64 Arch Tester
miknixgmail.com
http://miknix.homelinux.c
om
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:58 +0300
Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstovselfip.ru> wrote:

> Ângelo Miguel Arrifano wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > With the introduction of windows Vista, most of
"Vista ready" laptops
> > comes with Vista Hotstart(TM) technology support.
> >
> > You can read more about this:
> > http://www.vistabase.co.uk/kb/performance/what
-is-windows-hotstart
> > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platfor
m/firmware/hotstart.mspx
> >
> > Since Microsoft is making a lot of propaganda
about this feature on Vista and
> > I own a HP dv6535ep laptop that supports it, I
wrote a Linux driver and opened
> > a SF.net project to support these devices under
linux.
> > The project is here: http://quickstart.s
ourceforge.net
> >
> > With this driver and a simple init script its
possible to launch applications
> > at boot time by pressing a hotkey while the laptop
is either turned off
> > or in memory suspend.
> >
> > With this email I'm proposing getting the driver
into portage and creating a
> > Gentoo doc for this matter. I think people using
Gentoo on Hotstart supported
> > devices could potentially benefit of this feature.
Plus, the kernel driver is
> > very simple and looks stable in the last months.
> >   
> 
> I have dell inspiron 6400 with gentoo linux. Does my
notebook support 
> this tehnology ?
> 
> -- 
> С уважением, Vasiliy G Tolstov
> http://www.selfip.ru
> 
> 
If you have your disassembled dsdt acpi table at hand, just
grep it for PNP0C32. If
PNP0C32 is referenced then yes, it should support.

Anyway, you can always build the kernel module and load it.
It won't harm your laptop
in case it's not supported.

Have a look at the project page for more information: http://quickstart.s
ourceforge.net

Thanks,
-- 
Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX
CSE Student at UBI, Portugal
Gentoo Linux AMD64 Arch Tester
miknixgmail.com
http://miknix.homelinux.c
om
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:38:45 +0300
Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstovselfip.ru> wrote:

> Ângelo Miguel Arrifano wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:58 +0300
> > Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstovselfip.ru> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Ângelo Miguel Arrifano wrote:
> >>     
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> >>>
> >>> Hello everybody,
> >>>
> >>> With the introduction of windows Vista,
most of "Vista ready" laptops
> >>> comes with Vista Hotstart(TM) technology
support.
> >>>
> >>> You can read more about this:
> >>> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/kb/performance/what
-is-windows-hotstart
> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platfor
m/firmware/hotstart.mspx
> >>>
> >>> Since Microsoft is making a lot of
propaganda about this feature on Vista and
> >>> I own a HP dv6535ep laptop that supports
it, I wrote a Linux driver and opened
> >>> a SF.net project to support these devices
under linux.
> >>> The project is here: http://quickstart.s
ourceforge.net
> >>>
> >>> With this driver and a simple init script
its possible to launch applications
> >>> at boot time by pressing a hotkey while
the laptop is either turned off
> >>> or in memory suspend.
> >>>
> >>> With this email I'm proposing getting the
driver into portage and creating a
> >>> Gentoo doc for this matter. I think people
using Gentoo on Hotstart supported
> >>> devices could potentially benefit of this
feature. Plus, the kernel driver is
> >>> very simple and looks stable in the last
months.
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> I have dell inspiron 6400 with gentoo linux.
Does my notebook support 
> >> this tehnology ?
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> С уважением, Vasiliy G Tolstov
> >> http://www.selfip.ru
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> > If you have your disassembled dsdt acpi table at
hand, just grep it for PNP0C32. If
> > PNP0C32 is referenced then yes, it should
support.
> >
> > Anyway, you can always build the kernel module and
load it. It won't harm your laptop
> > in case it's not supported.
> >
> > Have a look at the project page for more
information: http://quickstart.s
ourceforge.net
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   
> this is from my dsdt - is my notebook support this
tehnology ?
> 
> 
>    Device (MBTN)
>         {
>             Name (_HID, "PNP0C32")
>             Name (_UID, 0x00)
>             Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized)
>             {
>                 If (LLess (OSID (), 0x20))
>                 {
>                     Return (0x00)
>                 }
>  
>                 Return (0x0F)
>             }
>  
>             Name (_PRW, Package (0x02)
>             {
>                 0x16,
>                 0x05
>             })
>             Method (GHID, 0, NotSerialized)
>             {
>                 Store (HSCO (0x01), Local0)
>                 If (Local0)
>                 {
>                     Notify (_SB.MBTN, 0x02)
>                     HSCO (0x02)
>                 }
>    
>                 Return (Buffer (0x01)
>                 {
>                     /* 0000 */    0x00
>                 })
>             }
>         }
> 
> 
> 
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> С уважением, Vasiliy G Tolstov
> http://www.selfip.ru
> 
> 

Yes, that's it. And MBTN is a hotstart button.
Your laptop is supported, could you please try the driver?

Thanks,
-- 
Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX
CSE Student at UBI, Portugal
Gentoo Linux AMD64 Arch Tester
miknixgmail.com
http://miknix.homelinux.c
om
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* Ângelo Miguel Arrifano <miknixgmail.com> wrote:

> If you have your disassembled dsdt acpi table at hand,
just grep it for PNP0C32. If
> PNP0C32 is referenced then yes, it should support.

On my HP G8000 I've found two devices with that ID:
"DBTN", "QBTN"
(I really wonder where these two buttons are ;-o)

Is this box supported ?

> Anyway, you can always build the kernel module and load
it. It won't harm your laptop
> in case it's not supported.

Okay, I'll have a try.

BTW: great job on the userland interface - using synthetic
filesystems
(like sysfs) are IMHO much better than arch dependent
syscalls or
netlink sockets 


BTW#2: if you like to get some hosting resources (eg. wiki
page, 
fully integrated mail+web message boards, etc), just let me
know.


cu
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On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:36:08 +0100
Enrico Weigelt <weigeltmetux.de> wrote:

> * Ângelo Miguel Arrifano <miknixgmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > If you have your disassembled dsdt acpi table at
hand, just grep it for PNP0C32. If
> > PNP0C32 is referenced then yes, it should
support.
> 
> On my HP G8000 I've found two devices with that ID:
"DBTN", "QBTN"
> (I really wonder where these two buttons are ;-o)
On my laptop DBTN is the DVD button. QBTN is the Quickplay
button. On Vista
they are intended to bring DVD or Quickplay at startup.
Anyway, on linux you can assign each button to whatever you
want. Just make a simple
script to check button state at startup and do something


> 
> Is this box supported ?
> 
> > Anyway, you can always build the kernel module and
load it. It won't harm your laptop
> > in case it's not supported.
> 
> Okay, I'll have a try.
> 
> BTW: great job on the userland interface - using
synthetic filesystems
> (like sysfs) are IMHO much better than arch dependent
syscalls or
> netlink sockets 
Thanks, I was encouraged by linux-acpi mailing list.

> 
> 
> BTW#2: if you like to get some hosting resources (eg.
wiki page, 
> fully integrated mail+web message boards, etc), just
let me know.

I'm very pleased by that. Thanks.

> 
> 
> cu
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