TW444218B - System allowing random switching among power on/off, suspend button, and lid switch - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a system allowing random switching among a power on/off, a suspend button, and a lid switch, including: a super I/O controller for controlling the power on/off button, the suspend button, and the lid switch button; a firmware coupled to the super I/O controller, and including a plural of mailboxes and a system BIOS; a software providing an application program for defining the functions of the power on/off button, the suspend button, and the lid switch button, and storing the configuration into the mailboxes through the function provided by the system BIOS, such that when pushing the button, the application program signals the operation system to react correspondingly.

Description

444 2 18 V. Description of the invention (i)-[Field of the invention] The present invention is a system that can arbitrarily switch the functions of the power switch button 'temporary suspension button and panel switch button, and especially provides an interface for users to define various functions according to the description system. [Background of the Invention] Currently only supporting advanced configuration and energy interface (Advanced

Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) mode of the operating system, there are settings to provide the definition of the button (bu 11 on) function to prevent the user from shutting down abnormally. The advanced configuration and energy interface is a kind of computer energy management equipment. It is used in the operating system to match the hardware to detect the temperature of the motherboard, the wind speed and the voltage of the power supply. Working frequency to achieve the coexistence of efficiency and power saving. The soft power-off was originally a concept on Macinta computers, that is, the shutdown action of the computer system can be controlled by software after the user selects "shut down" Turn off the power on the power supply. In addition to software shutdown, Macintosh computers also use a button on the keyboard to perform the function of turning on the power. 'At present, the AXX motherboard on the IBM-PC already supports the software shutdown capability. However, the power on / off, suspend button and lid switch on the notebook are currently controlled by a super I / O controller chip, and the actual execution is temporarily Suspend to memory / disk

5. Explanation of the invention (2) RAM / Di sk), power switch (power on / o f f) and panel switch (1 i d s w i t ch) are executed by the basic input output system (BIOS). Therefore, if the button (bu 11 ο η) function can be arbitrarily defined, it will become a function choice such as shutdown and suspension to RiM / tisk, which will provide greater flexibility in use. . [Summary and purpose of the invention] The main purpose of the present invention is to control the current, power switch, pause button and panel switch of the hardware unit (super I / O controller) through the modification and design of firmware and software. The application program proposed by the invention 'sets the maii box provided by the super I / O controller through the function of the system BIOS to determine the function defined by the current buttons (bu 11 on) ( (Such as power switch, pause button and panel switch), when the button is actually pressed, the firmware (firmware) and system bios of the super I / O controller refer to the definition of the current register to determine the current action to be performed. Through the design of the present invention, the purpose of changing the power switch, temporarily suspending the button and panel switch functions can be arbitrarily changed by modifying the firmware and software. The detailed content and technology of the present invention are described below with reference to the drawings: [Detailed description of the invention] Generally, a computer that uses electricity has a power switch (power swi tch) Have enough power to work properly. However, if the user does not go through the normal shutdown of the operating system, it will lead to chaos or loss of system programs, and the system in the computer must be refreshed.

Page 5 t 444 ki 1 8 V. Description of the invention (3) System program. Therefore, the present invention proposes an application program to set the register (mai lbox) provided by the super I / O controller through the function of the system B 丨 0s to determine the current buttons defined by the buttons. Function, the actual firmware (firmware) and system BIOS of the 'super I / O controller when the button is pressed refers to the definition of the current register to determine the current action to be performed. Generally speaking, the defined button functions are power on / off button 10, suspend button 20 and lid switch button 30, etc .; Suspend program The execution usually occurs when the interpreter compiles the program or the user cancels the execution of the application. After a temporary suspension (Suspend), we can usually continue the execution of the application. The panel switch (lid switch) refers to a switch for opening and closing a display panel on a notebook computer. These buttons are actually controlled by a hardware super I / 0 control 1 er chip. The present invention proposes a preferred embodiment. 'Please refer to FIG. 1. The three major parts, including a hardware unit (super I / O controller) 40, a service unit 50, and a software unit 60,' pass through the hardware ( super 1 / 〇control ler) 40 controls the current power switch button 10, the temporary stop button · 20, and the panel switch button 30, which are touched; and then through a moving body (firmwa): e) 50 on the first The register 70, the second register 80, and the third register 90 respectively define power off (p ower ff), suspend, and panel off (pane 1 ◦ ff). Β i 〇 s

(444218 V. Description of the invention (4) 100 Refer to the meanings of the current first register 70, second register 80, and third register 90 to determine the action to be performed at the moment. Finally, through a software interface , Provide an application program (appUcati〇n) 110 to the user to define the function of each button (buiton), and through the function (functi〇n) provided by the system BIOS 100, the setting value is stored in the first register 70, the first The second register 80, the third register 90, and the application 1 1 10 need to notify the operating system to take corresponding actions. For example, the button is defined as the power off (when p0wer, the application Need to notify the operating system to shut down (shutdown) 120; if the button (button) is defined as temporarily suspended (suspend), the application program must notify the operating system to temporarily suspend (Suspend) program execution; if the button (butt〇n) is defined When the panel is closed (pane 1 ff), the application needs to notify the operating system to do the panel close (pane 1 ff). Therefore, as long as the firmware unit 50 and the software unit 60 are modified, any cut can be achieved. The purpose of the function of each button. Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art will not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. With some changes and decorations, the scope of protection of the present invention shall be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

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Brief description of the drawings [Simplified description of the drawings] Part 1: The diagram shows the hardware, software and software structure of the present invention [Symbols and symbols] 10 Power switch button (ρ ower on / off button) 20 Temporary suspension Suspend button 30 panel switch button (1 id swi t ch button) 40 hardware αα early element (super I / O controller) 50 firmware unit 60 software unit 70 first — register 80 second Cry οτ7 90 Second register 100 System BI 0 S 110 Application 120 Operating system shutdown (Shutdown)

Claims (1)

444218 A hardware unit for controlling the switch button, the switch button with the panel; only a firmware unit, coupled with the hardware unit, including a plurality of and a system BIOS; and a software unit, Provide an application program to define the functions of the switch button, the temporary pause button and the panel switch button, and store the set values in different registers of the two through the functions provided by the system b I 2 · As stated The system described in item 1 of the patent scope can arbitrarily switch the functions of the power switch button, the temporary suspension button and the panel switch button. The hardware unit may be a super I / O controiii. 3. A system that can arbitrarily switch the functions of the power switch button, the temporary suspension button, and the panel switch button as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the button is pressed, the application program notifies the operating system to perform the corresponding action. 4 _The system that can switch the power switch button temporarily and temporarily suspend the functions of the button and the panel switch button as described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, where the above-mentioned suspend button refers to the temporary suspension to the memory / disk (suspend to RAM / Disk) action a 5. The system that can switch the power switch button arbitrarily as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, temporarily suspend pressing the: fe and panel switch button functions, where the above panel switch button refers to a notebook computer (Notebook) display panel opening and closing Page 9 6. Switch for patent application scope. 6. — A system that can arbitrarily switch the functions of the power switch button, the pause button and the panel switch button to provide user-defined functions of each button. The system includes at least: / a super I / 0 control 1 er 'for control The switch button, the pause button and the panel switch button; a firmware unit 'coupling with the super I / O controller, including a plurality of registers and a system g I 0S; and a software unit' provide an application The program defines the functions of the switch button, the f-stop button and the panel switch button, and stores the set values in the different registers, respectively, through functions provided by the system B 丨 0s. 7. ^ Patent application The system described in item 6 of the scope can arbitrarily switch the power switch button, and temporarily suspend the functions of the button and the panel switch button for 3, wherein when the button is pressed, the application notifies the operating system to take corresponding actions. 8. The system described in item 6 of the scope of patent application can arbitrarily switch the power switch button, and suspend the function of the button switch and the panel switch button on the 1st day. The above-mentioned temporary suspension & button refers to the temporary suspension to the memory / Disk (suspend to RAM / Disk) action. 9 ^ The system described in item 6 of the scope of patent application can arbitrarily switch the function of the power switch button, temporarily + k such as Λ 1 button and the function of the panel switch button, wherein the above panel '3guan press #ug means a notebook computer ( η 〇teb ο 〇k) on the display panel opening and closing switch. Page 10