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#! /usr/bin/python
# vim:expandtab:autoindent:tabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:filetype=python:tw=0

  #############################################################################
  #
  # Copyright (c) 2005 Dell Computer Corporation
  # Dual Licenced under GNU GPL and OSL
  #
  #############################################################################
"""smbios-lcd-brightness"""

from __future__ import generators

# import arranged alphabetically
import ctypes
import gettext
import locale
import os
import sys
import traceback

# the following vars are all substituted on install
# this bin isnt byte-compiled, so this is ok
__VERSION__="2.3.0"
pythondir="/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages"
clidir="/usr/share/smbios-utils"
# end vars

# import all local modules after this.
sys.path.insert(0,pythondir)
sys.path.insert(0,clidir)

import cli
from libsmbios_c import smi, token, localedir, GETTEXT_PACKAGE
from libsmbios_c.trace_decorator import decorate, traceLog, getLog

locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
gettext.install(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, localedir, unicode=1)

moduleLog = getLog()
verboseLog = getLog(prefix="verbose.")

def command_parse():
    parser = cli.OptionParser(usage=__doc__, version=__VERSION__)
    cli.addStdOptions(parser, passwordOpts=True, securityKeyOpt=True)
    parser.add_option('--value', action="store", type="int", default=None, help= _("Set new value"))
    parser.add_option('--battery', '-b', action="store_const", dest="which", const="battery", default="battery", help= _("Set new value to be used while running on battery power"))
    parser.add_option('--ac', '-a', action="store_const", dest="which", const="ac", help= _("Set new value to be used while running on AC power"))
    return parser.parse_args()

def printCurrent(readFn, tok, mode):
    (current, minval, maxval) = readFn(tok.getPtr().location)
    print _("Reading current %s mode setting") % mode
    print _("    current: %s") % current
    print _("        min: %s") % minval
    print _("        max: %s") % maxval
    return (current, minval, maxval)

def setValue(writeFn, tok, mode, options, minval, maxval):
    print _("Write new %s mode setting") % mode
    securitykey = cli.getSecurityKey(options)
    ret = ctypes.c_uint32(-3)
    writeFn(securitykey, tok.getPtr().location, options.value, ctypes.byref(ret))
    
    if ret.value != 0:
        raise Exception( "smi failed: %s" % ret.value )


def main():
    exit_code = 0
    (options, args) = command_parse()
    cli.setup_std_options(options)

    mode = _("Battery")
    readFn = smi.read_battery_mode_setting
    writeFn = smi.write_battery_mode_setting
    if options.which=="ac":
        mode = _("AC")
        readFn = smi.read_ac_mode_setting
        writeFn = smi.write_ac_mode_setting

    DELL_LCD_BRIGHNESS_TOKEN = 0x007d;

    class OutOfBounds(Exception): pass

    try:
        table = token.TokenTable()
        tok = table[DELL_LCD_BRIGHNESS_TOKEN]

        (current, minval, maxval) = printCurrent(readFn, tok, mode)

        if options.value is not None:
            if options.value < minval or options.value > maxval:
                raise OutOfBounds()

            setValue(writeFn, tok, mode, options, minval, maxval)
            printCurrent(readFn, tok, mode)

    except (IndexError,), e:
        exit_code = 10
        print _("LCD Brightness is not settable on this machine using this utility.")

    except (smi.BadPassword,), e:
        exit_code = 5
        print _("Could not set value because the password was incorrect")

    except (OutOfBounds,), e:
        exit_code = 6
        print _("value outside legal bounds")

    except (smi.SMIExecutionError, ), e:
        exit_code=3
        moduleLog.info( _("ERROR: Could not execute SMI.") )
        verboseLog.info( _("The smi library returned this error:") )
        verboseLog.info( str(e) )
        moduleLog.info( cli.standardFailMessage )

    except (token.TokenTableParseError,), e:
        exit_code=3
        moduleLog.info( _("ERROR: Could not parse system SMBIOS table.") )
        verboseLog.info( _("The smbios library returned this error:") )
        verboseLog.info( str(e) )
        moduleLog.info( cli.standardFailMessage )

    except (token.TokenManipulationFailure,), e:
        exit_code=4
        moduleLog.info( _("ERROR: Could not manipulate system token.") )
        verboseLog.info( _("The token library returned this error:") )
        verboseLog.info( str(e) )
        moduleLog.info( cli.standardFailMessage )

    return exit_code

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit( main() )