
  Toshset is a command-line tool to allow access to much of the
Toshiba hardware interface developed by Jonathan Buzzard. It can do
things like set the hard drive spin-down time, turn off the display
and set the fan speed.

All credit for the difficult task of
reverse-engineering the Toshiba hardware interface goes to Jonathan. 

The toshset home page is 
http://schwieters.org/toshset.html

A link for Jonathan's tools is
http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/

To build an executable: 

./configure
make
make install

For command-line options, try toshset with no command-line options.

Comments, suggestions, and the output of toshset -v -q are welcome.

Support for the Toshiba hardware kernel interface: uncommenting the
appropriate line in the Makefile enables USE_KERNEL_INTERFACE. In its
current incarnation, when compiled with this option, toshset first
tries the kernel interface before attempting to talk directly to the
BIOS. This will likely evolve a bit. The justification for this
option: operation under ACPI. Hopefully, the toshiba kernel interface
will soon support ACPI, and with it toshset.

This program is a work in progress. Because Toshiba has not published
its hardware specifications, Jonathan's task of reverse-engineering is
an ongoing process.

Charles@Schwieters.org
