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Muyue 5a8f103be3 Initial release v1.0.0 
Add GPIO-based volume button driver for Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook Gen 8

  Features:
  - Volume button detection via GPIO polling
  - Key repeat with configurable timings
  - Systemd service integration
  - Professional documentation
2025-10-13 11:14:21 +02:00

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Credits and Acknowledgments

This project would not exist without the work of numerous individuals and communities in the open source ecosystem.

Primary Author

Muyue - Original implementation and maintenance

Firmware and Hardware Support

MrChromebox (Matt DeVillier)

Google ChromiumOS Team

Coreboot Project

Linux Kernel Contributors

Linux GPIO Subsystem Maintainers

  • Bartosz Golaszewski - libgpiod maintainer
  • Linus Walleij - GPIO subsystem maintainer
  • Kent Gibson - GPIO userspace API v2
  • All contributors to drivers/gpio/

Linux Input Subsystem

  • Dmitry Torokhov - Input subsystem maintainer
  • All contributors to drivers/input/

Intel Platform Drivers

  • Contributors to intel-vbtn driver
  • ChromeOS EC kernel driver developers

Software Libraries

libgpiod Project

python-evdev

Python Core Team

  • Guido van Rossum - Python creator
  • Python Software Foundation
  • All Python core developers and contributors

Linux Distributions

Arch Linux

  • Package maintainers for python-evdev and libgpiod
  • Documentation and wiki contributors
  • Community support

All Linux Distributions

  • Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo, and others
  • For packaging and maintaining open source software

Hardware Vendors

Lenovo

  • Manufacturing IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook Gen 8
  • Hardware design and engineering

Intel

  • Core i3-1215U processor design
  • Platform specifications and documentation
  • Open source driver support

Google

  • ChromeOS hardware reference designs (Brya family)
  • Embedded Controller specifications
  • Open source commitment

Standards Organizations

USB Implementers Forum

  • HID (Human Interface Device) specifications

ACPI Specification

  • Advanced Configuration and Power Interface standards

Linux Foundation

  • Hosting kernel development
  • Supporting open source infrastructure

Documentation and Education

ArchWiki Contributors

  • Comprehensive Linux documentation
  • Chromebook-specific guides

Stack Overflow Community

  • Technical Q&A and problem solving

GitHub/GitLab/Gitea

  • Hosting open source projects
  • Collaboration infrastructure

Testing and Feedback

Special thanks to the Chromebook Linux community for:

  • Hardware compatibility testing
  • Bug reports and feature requests
  • Documentation improvements
  • Use case validation

Tools and Infrastructure

Git Version Control

  • Linus Torvalds - Git creator
  • Git development community

systemd

  • Lennart Poettering and systemd team
  • Service management infrastructure

GNU Project

  • bash, coreutils, and essential utilities
  • Free Software Foundation

Inspiration and References

ChromiumOS EC GPIO Documentation

  • Technical specifications for EC GPIO pins
  • Board-specific configuration details

Linux Kernel Documentation

  • GPIO userspace API documentation
  • Input subsystem documentation
  • Character device interface specifications

Academic Research

  • Computer hardware interfacing research
  • Operating systems research
  • Human-computer interaction studies

Free and Open Source Software Philosophy

This project stands on the shoulders of giants. The open source philosophy of:

  • Free Software Foundation - Richard Stallman
  • Open Source Initiative - Bruce Perens, Eric S. Raymond
  • Countless developers who choose to share their work freely

Legal Acknowledgments

All trademarks mentioned herein are property of their respective owners:

  • Lenovo, IdeaPad, and Flex are trademarks of Lenovo
  • Intel and Core are trademarks of Intel Corporation
  • Chromebook and ChromeOS are trademarks of Google LLC
  • Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds

Contributing

If your work contributed to this project and you're not listed here, please submit a pull request to add yourself. Every contribution matters.

Final Note

Open source is a collaborative effort. This project is freely available because countless individuals and organizations chose to share their knowledge and code. We honor that tradition by releasing this work under the MIT License, ensuring it remains free for all.

Thank you to everyone who makes open source software possible.