Bug#760338: ITP: acpi-call -- Kernel module that enables you to call ACPI methods
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "Raphaël Halimi" <raphael.halimi@gmail.com>
* Package name : acpi-call
Version : 1.1.0
Upstream Author : Michal Kottman
* URL : https://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call
* License : GPL-3+
Programming Lang: C
Description : Kernel module that enables you to call ACPI methods
Kernel module that enables you to call ACPI methods by writing the method
name followed by arguments to /proc/acpi/call.
It allows you to tamper with your system and should be used with caution.
This package is needed by tlp/tpacpi-bat (see bug #711471, ITP for tlp) to
change battery (dis)charge thresholds on new ThinkPad models which don't
support tp-smapi anymore.
It may be useful for other purposes, though, but AFAIK, since bbswitch
superseded it for toggling NVIDIA Optimus cards, the main use of this kernel
module by the community is for setting battery thresholds.
tlp (or, more precisely, tpacpi-bat) - if and when available in Debian - will
need this kernel module for proper operation on new ThinkPad models; currently
it has some kind of automatic installation function for acpi_call kernel
module, but I think a an installation through Debian packages dependency system
and dkms would be more compliant with Debian standards.
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