Draft laptop testing spec

[Matthew Garrett]

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 12:34:11PM +0200, Ivan Krstic wrote:
> Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > Suggestions for extra items?
> 
> Are you aiming for dualhead support (in difference from the 'video
> display hotkey' cloning question)? If so, a question about it might be
> in order.

I'm not aiming for that at this stage. That situation's an utter mess.

> As you mentioned in Stuttgart, some laptops ship with an LED on the mute
> key that's hardwired to indicate the power state of the sound processor.
> Do we need a question about those as well, or will we be doing
> soft-muting only in the near future?

Right now, soft-muting is probably the best we can hope for. In future, 
we can consider powering down the sound chip when it's muted, but that 
requires userspace support we don't really have right now.

> Under advanced hardware, I suggest a question about built-in storage
> readers or authentication devices, if there are plans to support those.
> The hp nc4010, for instance, ships with an integrated SD-card reader.
> The hp nc6220 comes with a smart-card reader, and the Thinkpad T42 with
> a fingerprint scanner.

We have no documentation for any of these, sadly. TI won't release specs 
for the chipsets used in the 4010 and 6220, and whoever manufactures the 
fingerprint scanner doesn't seem keen on releasing anything beyond the 
basic USB command set.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org