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Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a4d5effcc7 thinkpad-acpi: restrict access to some firmware LEDs
Some of the ThinkPad LEDs indicate critical conditions that can cause
data loss or cause hardware damage when ignored (e.g. force-ejecting
a powered up bay; ignoring a failing battery, or empty battery; force-
undocking with the dock buses still active, etc).

On almost all ThinkPads, LED access is write-only, and the firmware
usually does fire-and-forget signaling on them, so you effectively
lose whatever message the firmware was trying to convey to the user
when you override the LED state, without any chance to restore it.

Restrict access to all LEDs that can convey important alarms, or that
could mislead the user into incorrectly operating the hardware.  This
will make the Lenovo engineers less unhappy about the whole issue.

Allow users that really want it to still control all LEDs, it is the
unaware user that we have to worry about.

Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2009-04-04 03:14:52 -04:00
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ABI Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2009-02-26 14:43:42 -08:00
accounting Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: fix endless loop 2009-01-15 16:39:37 -08:00
acpi ACPI: update debug parameter documentation 2008-11-07 21:45:29 -05:00
aoe
arm Merge branch 'for-rmk' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ycmiao/pxa-linux-2.6 into devel 2008-12-29 18:08:11 +00:00
auxdisplay .gitignore updates 2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00
blackfin Blackfin arch: Add document about bfin-gpio 2009-01-07 23:14:38 +08:00
block block: add text file detailing queue/ sysfs files 2009-02-02 13:02:31 +01:00
blockdev Create/use more directory structure in the Documentation/ tree. 2008-11-14 17:28:53 +00:00
cdrom doc/cdrom: Trvial documentation error, file not present 2008-10-10 08:22:44 +02:00
cgroups cpuset: various documentation fixes and updates 2009-02-20 17:57:49 -08:00
connector Documentation/connector/cn_test.c: don't use gfp_any() 2009-02-12 16:47:01 -08:00
console
cpu-freq ACPI: cpufreq: Remove deprecated /proc/acpi/processor/../performance proc entries 2009-02-04 00:12:24 -05:00
cpuidle
cris fix random typos 2008-10-16 11:21:30 -07:00
crypto async_tx, dmaengine: document channel allocation and api rework 2009-01-05 18:10:19 -07:00
development-process Fix a typo in the development process document. 2009-01-08 16:32:13 -07:00
device-mapper
DocBook docbook: split kernel-api for device-drivers 2009-02-22 12:21:46 -08:00
driver-model PATCH [1/2] Documentation/driver-model/device.txt: fix struct device_attribute 2009-02-22 09:27:15 -08:00
dvb V4L/DVB (10696): Remove outdated README for the flexcop-driver 2009-02-26 22:29:19 -03:00
early-userspace
fault-injection
fb [ARM] pxafb: add support for overlay1 and overlay2 as framebuffer devices 2008-12-29 18:00:04 +08:00
filesystems trivial: fix orphan dates in ext2 documentation 2009-03-23 14:21:26 -07:00
firmware_class
frv
hwmon hwmon: (lm90) Document support for the MAX6648/6692 chips 2009-03-12 13:36:38 +01:00
i2c i2c: The i2c mailing list is moving 2008-10-30 15:55:47 +01:00
i2o
ia64 .gitignore updates 2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00
ide ide: update warm-plug HOWTO 2009-01-06 17:21:00 +01:00
infiniband
input Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc9' into next 2008-12-20 04:54:54 -05:00
ioctl documentation: update header file paths 2009-01-06 15:59:28 -08:00
isdn Rationalise Randy's address a bit 2008-10-30 11:38:47 -07:00
ja_JP Sync patch for jp_JP/stable_kernel_rules.txt 2009-01-28 15:55:48 -08:00
kbuild kbuild: fix kbuild.txt typos 2009-01-14 21:42:51 +01:00
kdump powerpc: Support for relocatable kdump kernel 2008-10-22 15:01:22 +11:00
ko_KR
laptops thinkpad-acpi: restrict access to some firmware LEDs 2009-04-04 03:14:52 -04:00
lguest lguest: disable the FORTIFY for lguest. 2009-01-30 11:34:10 +10:30
m68k
make
mips ide: remove unused CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ 2009-01-14 19:19:03 +01:00
mn10300
mtd [MTD] [NAND] nand_ecc.c: rewrite for improved performance 2008-08-16 10:55:33 +01:00
namespaces
netlabel
networking IPv6: add "disable" module parameter support to ipv6.ko 2009-03-04 03:19:08 -08:00
parisc
PCI PCI: Documentation: fix minor PCIe HOWTO thinko 2009-02-13 13:59:19 -08:00
pcmcia .gitignore updates 2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00
power pm: document use of RTC in pm_trace 2008-10-16 11:21:29 -07:00
powerpc powerpc/5200: update device tree binding documentation 2009-01-30 08:23:33 -07:00
prctl
RCU rcu: documentation 1Q09 update 2009-03-10 15:55:11 -07:00
s390 documentation: update s390 header file paths 2009-01-06 15:59:28 -08:00
scheduler cgroups: consolidate cgroup documents 2009-01-15 16:39:37 -08:00
scsi [SCSI] cxgb3i: Fix spelling errors in documentation 2009-02-21 20:29:37 -06:00
serial Create/use more directory structure in the Documentation/ tree. 2008-11-14 17:28:53 +00:00
sh sh: Kill off remaining CONFIG_SH_KGDB bits. 2008-12-22 18:44:05 +09:00
sound ALSA: hda: Add STAC92HD83XXX_PWR_REF quirk 2009-01-23 08:06:57 +01:00
sparc sparc: Remove Documentation/sparc/sbus_drivers.txt 2008-08-29 02:15:25 -07:00
spi hwmon: (lm70) Code streamlining and cleanup 2009-01-07 16:37:34 +01:00
sysctl Update of Documentation: vm.txt and proc.txt 2009-01-15 16:39:35 -08:00
telephony
thermal
timers hpet: /dev/hpet - fixes and cleanup 2008-07-31 18:45:41 +02:00
tracers doc: mmiotrace.txt, buffer size control change 2009-02-15 20:05:13 +01:00
uml
usb Documentation: move DMA-mapping.txt to Doc/PCI/ 2009-01-29 18:19:29 -08:00
video4linux V4L/DVB (10210): Fix a bug on v4lgrab.c 2009-01-29 08:35:37 -02:00
vm mm: remove try_to_munlock from vmscan 2009-01-06 15:59:03 -08:00
w1 w1: send status messages after command processing 2009-01-08 08:31:14 -08:00
watchdog .gitignore updates 2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00
wimax i2400m: documentation and instructions for usage 2009-01-07 10:00:18 -08:00
x86 Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-01-10 06:13:09 -08:00
zh_CN
00-INDEX Merge branch 'doc-subdirs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdunlap/linux-docs 2008-11-15 11:51:03 -08:00
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt
bad_memory.txt Document handling of bad memory 2008-12-03 16:09:53 -07:00
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
BUG-HUNTING
c2port.txt Add c2 port support 2008-11-12 17:17:18 -08:00
cachetlb.txt
Changes Documentation/Changes: add required versions for new filesystems 2009-01-29 18:19:30 -08:00
CodingStyle fix emacs indenting howto filename expansion 2009-01-29 18:19:29 -08:00
cpu-hotplug.txt x86: use possible_cpus=NUM to extend the possible cpus allowed 2008-12-18 12:08:05 +01:00
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt sysfs: add documentation to cputopology.txt for system cpumasks 2008-12-19 17:47:12 +10:30
credentials.txt CRED: Documentation 2008-11-14 10:39:26 +11:00
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt trivial: fix an -> a typos in documentation and comments 2009-01-06 11:28:07 +01:00
devices.txt USB: add USB test and measurement class driver 2008-10-17 14:40:51 -07:00
DMA-API.txt Documentation: move DMA-mapping.txt to Doc/PCI/ 2009-01-29 18:19:29 -08:00
DMA-attributes.txt
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
DMA-mapping.txt documentation: update header file paths 2009-01-06 15:59:28 -08:00
dmaengine.txt async_tx, dmaengine: document channel allocation and api rework 2009-01-05 18:10:19 -07:00
dontdiff dontdiff: more updates to be closer to gitignore 2008-10-16 11:21:31 -07:00
edac.txt Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections. 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
eisa.txt
email-clients.txt Documentation/email-clients.txt: add some info about gmail 2008-11-06 15:41:19 -08:00
exception.txt
feature-removal-schedule.txt [CPUFREQ] Add p4-clockmod sysfs-ui removal to feature-removal schedule. 2009-03-09 15:14:37 -04:00
ftrace.txt ftrace: improve documentation 2008-11-28 13:15:14 +01:00
gpio.txt gpiolib: request/free hooks 2008-10-16 11:21:40 -07:00
highuid.txt
HOWTO Remove Andrew Morton's http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/ 2008-10-16 11:21:32 -07:00
hw_random.txt
ics932s401 ics932s401: new clock generator chip driver 2008-11-12 17:17:18 -08:00
initrd.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections. 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt io mapping: improve documentation 2008-11-03 18:21:44 +01:00
IO-mapping.txt Documentation: move DMA-mapping.txt to Doc/PCI/ 2009-01-29 18:19:29 -08:00
iostats.txt Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections. 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt kernel-doc: preferred ending marker and examples 2009-02-11 14:25:36 -08:00
kernel-docs.txt
kernel-parameters.txt Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-02-27 16:43:05 -08:00
keys-request-key.txt
keys.txt Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections. 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
kobject.txt kobject: Make Documentation/kobject.txt a little more coherent. 2009-01-06 10:44:32 -08:00
kprobes.txt kprobes: support probing module __exit function 2009-01-06 15:59:21 -08:00
kref.txt
ldm.txt
leds-class.txt Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections. 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
local_ops.txt documentation: local_ops fix on_each_cpu 2008-12-01 13:51:26 +01:00
lockdep-design.txt
lockstat.txt lockstat: contend with points 2008-10-20 15:43:10 +02:00
logo.svg linux.conf.au 2009: Tuz 2009-03-16 07:55:37 -07:00
logo.txt linux.conf.au 2009: Tuz 2009-03-16 07:55:37 -07:00
magic-number.txt documentation: update header file paths 2009-01-06 15:59:28 -08:00
Makefile docsrc: build Documentation/ sources 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
ManagementStyle docs: fix ManagementStyle book name 2008-10-30 11:38:46 -07:00
markers.txt markers: comment marker_synchronize_unregister() on data dependency 2008-11-28 16:47:41 +01:00
mca.txt
md.txt
memory-barriers.txt
memory-hotplug.txt mm: show node to memory section relationship with symlinks in sysfs 2009-01-06 15:59:00 -08:00
memory.txt
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt
nmi_watchdog.txt x86, nmi-watchdog: update procfs nmi_watchdog file documentation v2 2008-10-30 19:07:04 +01:00
nommu-mmap.txt NOMMU: Make mmap allocation page trimming behaviour configurable. 2009-01-08 12:04:47 +00:00
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
pi-futex.txt
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt DOC: add printk-formats.txt 2008-11-12 17:17:17 -08:00
prio_tree.txt
rbtree.txt
rfkill.txt rfkill: add master_switch_mode and EPO lock to rfkill and rfkill-input 2008-10-31 19:00:09 -04:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt Remove Andrew Morton's old email accounts 2008-10-16 11:21:32 -07:00
SecurityBugs
SELinux.txt selinux: add support for installing a dummy policy (v2) 2008-08-27 08:54:08 +10:00
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
SM501.txt
Smack.txt
sparse.txt kbuild: sparse needs CF not CHECKFLAGS 2008-07-25 22:12:39 +02:00
spinlocks.txt
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt Update stable tree documentation 2008-10-29 15:03:49 -07:00
SubmitChecklist documentation: explain memory barriers 2008-10-16 11:21:32 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers Remove Andrew Morton's old email accounts 2008-10-16 11:21:32 -07:00
SubmittingPatches Merge branch 'docs' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6 2008-10-16 12:18:16 -07:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt
sysrq.txt sysrq documentation: document why the command header only is shown 2009-01-15 16:39:36 -08:00
tracepoints.txt tracepoints: Documentation TPPROTO misspelt in Documentation/tracepoints.txt 2008-11-29 15:13:42 +01:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
video-output.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections. 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
voyager.txt
zorro.txt