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diff -urN linux-2.4.22/Documentation/sonypi.txt linux-2.4.23/Documentation/sonypi.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 	Copyright (C) 2000 Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>
 
 This driver enables access to the Sony Programmable I/O Control Device which
-can be found in many (all ?) Sony Vaio laptops.
+can be found in many Sony Vaio laptops. Some newer Sony laptops (seems to be
+limited to new FX series laptops, at least the FX501 and the FX702) lack a
+sonypi device and are not supported at all by this driver.
 
 It will give access (through a user space utility) to some events those laptops
 generate, like:
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@
 				SONYPI_THUMBPHRASE_MASK 	0x0200
 				SONYPI_MEYE_MASK		0x0400
 				SONYPI_MEMORYSTICK_MASK		0x0800
+				SONYPI_BATTERY_MASK		0x1000
 
 	useinput:	if set (which is the default) jogdial events are
 			forwarded to the input subsystem as mouse wheel

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