[gentoo-laptop] Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

[gentoo-laptop] Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

[Ângelo Miguel Arrifano]

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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/platform/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.sourceforge.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
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

[Vasiliy G Tolstov]

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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/platform/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.sourceforge.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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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

[Ângelo Miguel Arrifano]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:58 +0300
Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstov@selfip.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/platform/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.sourceforge.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.sourceforge.net

Thanks,
-- 
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CSE Student at UBI, Portugal
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

[Vasiliy G Tolstov]

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Ângelo Miguel Arrifano wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:58 +0300
> Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstov@selfip.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/platform/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.sourceforge.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.sourceforge.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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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

[Ângelo Miguel Arrifano]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:38:45 +0300
Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstov@selfip.ru> wrote:

> Ângelo Miguel Arrifano wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:58 +0300
> > Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstov@selfip.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/platform/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.sourceforge.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.sourceforge.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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> 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,
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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

[Enrico Weigelt]

* Ângelo Miguel Arrifano <miknix@gmail.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.


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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

[Ângelo Miguel Arrifano]

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:36:08 +0100
Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de> wrote:

> * Ângelo Miguel Arrifano <miknix@gmail.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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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Add vista Hotstart Technology(TM) support on Gentoo.

[Ângelo Miguel Arrifano]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:58 +0300
Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstov@selfip.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/platform/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.sourceforge.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.sourceforge.net

Thanks,
-- 
Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX
CSE Student at UBI, Portugal
Gentoo Linux AMD64 Arch Tester
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