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643f12db 1 ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
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3 Version 0.23
4 April 10th, 2009
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6 Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
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7 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
8 http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
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10
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11This is a Linux driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It
12supports various features of these laptops which are accessible
13through the ACPI and ACPI EC framework, but not otherwise fully
14supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers.
15
16This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release
170.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was
18moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel
9abf0eea 192.6.22, and release 0.14. It was moved to drivers/platform/x86 for
aa2fbcec 20kernel 2.6.29 and release 0.22.
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95e57ab2 22The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module
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23names and log messages, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace
24issues.
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25
26"tpacpi" is used as a shorthand where "thinkpad-acpi" would be too
27long due to length limitations on some Linux kernel versions.
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28
29Status
30------
31
32The features currently supported are the following (see below for
33detailed description):
34
35 - Fn key combinations
36 - Bluetooth enable and disable
837ca6dd 37 - video output switching, expansion control
1da177e4 38 - ThinkLight on and off
078ac19e 39 - CMOS/UCMS control
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40 - LED control
41 - ACPI sounds
42 - temperature sensors
43 - Experimental: embedded controller register dump
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44 - LCD brightness control
45 - Volume control
ecf2a80a 46 - Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
9662e080 47 - WAN enable and disable
078ac19e 48 - UWB enable and disable
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49
50A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
51site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
52reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table.
53Please include the following information in your report:
54
55 - ThinkPad model name
078ac19e 56 - a copy of your ACPI tables, using the "acpidump" utility
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57 - a copy of the output of dmidecode, with serial numbers
58 and UUIDs masked off
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59 - which driver features work and which don't
60 - the observed behavior of non-working features
61
62Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome.
63
64
65Installation
66------------
67
68If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
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69sources, look for the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI Kconfig option.
70It is located on the menu path: "Device Drivers" -> "X86 Platform
71Specific Device Drivers" -> "ThinkPad ACPI Laptop Extras".
72
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74Features
75--------
76
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77The driver exports two different interfaces to userspace, which can be
78used to access the features it provides. One is a legacy procfs-based
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79interface, which will be removed at some time in the future. The other
80is a new sysfs-based interface which is not complete yet.
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81
82The procfs interface creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory. There is a
83file under that directory for each feature it supports. The procfs
84interface is mostly frozen, and will change very little if at all: it
85will not be extended to add any new functionality in the driver, instead
86all new functionality will be implemented on the sysfs interface.
87
88The sysfs interface tries to blend in the generic Linux sysfs subsystems
89and classes as much as possible. Since some of these subsystems are not
90yet ready or stabilized, it is expected that this interface will change,
91and any and all userspace programs must deal with it.
92
93
94Notes about the sysfs interface:
95
96Unlike what was done with the procfs interface, correctness when talking
97to the sysfs interfaces will be enforced, as will correctness in the
98thinkpad-acpi's implementation of sysfs interfaces.
99
100Also, any bugs in the thinkpad-acpi sysfs driver code or in the
101thinkpad-acpi's implementation of the sysfs interfaces will be fixed for
102maximum correctness, even if that means changing an interface in
103non-compatible ways. As these interfaces mature both in the kernel and
104in thinkpad-acpi, such changes should become quite rare.
105
106Applications interfacing to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interfaces must
107follow all sysfs guidelines and correctly process all errors (the sysfs
108interface makes extensive use of errors). File descriptors and open /
109close operations to the sysfs inodes must also be properly implemented.
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111The version of thinkpad-acpi's sysfs interface is exported by the driver
112as a driver attribute (see below).
113
114Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
078ac19e 115for 2.6.23+ this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/ and
7fd40029 116/sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_hwmon/
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7fd40029 118Sysfs device attributes are on the thinkpad_acpi device sysfs attribute
078ac19e 119space, for 2.6.23+ this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
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120
121Sysfs device attributes for the sensors and fan are on the
122thinkpad_hwmon device's sysfs attribute space, but you should locate it
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123looking for a hwmon device with the name attribute of "thinkpad", or
124better yet, through libsensors.
125
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126
127Driver version
128--------------
129
130procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
131sysfs driver attribute: version
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133The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file.
134
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136Sysfs interface version
137-----------------------
138
139sysfs driver attribute: interface_version
140
141Version of the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface, as an unsigned long
142(output in hex format: 0xAAAABBCC), where:
143 AAAA - major revision
144 BB - minor revision
145 CC - bugfix revision
146
147The sysfs interface version changelog for the driver can be found at the
148end of this document. Changes to the sysfs interface done by the kernel
149subsystems are not documented here, nor are they tracked by this
150attribute.
151
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152Changes to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface are only considered
153non-experimental when they are submitted to Linux mainline, at which
154point the changes in this interface are documented and interface_version
155may be updated. If you are using any thinkpad-acpi features not yet
156sent to mainline for merging, you do so on your own risk: these features
157may disappear, or be implemented in a different and incompatible way by
158the time they are merged in Linux mainline.
159
160Changes that are backwards-compatible by nature (e.g. the addition of
161attributes that do not change the way the other attributes work) do not
162always warrant an update of interface_version. Therefore, one must
163expect that an attribute might not be there, and deal with it properly
164(an attribute not being there *is* a valid way to make it clear that a
165feature is not available in sysfs).
166
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168Hot keys
169--------
170
171procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
cc4c24e1 172sysfs device attribute: hotkey_*
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d0788cfb 174In a ThinkPad, the ACPI HKEY handler is responsible for communicating
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175some important events and also keyboard hot key presses to the operating
176system. Enabling the hotkey functionality of thinkpad-acpi signals the
177firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad
178firmware will behave in many situations.
179
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180The driver enables the HKEY ("hot key") event reporting automatically
181when loaded, and disables it when it is removed.
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2586d566 183The driver will report HKEY events in the following format:
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185 ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
186
2586d566 187Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all of them.
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189The driver will generate events over the input layer for hot keys and
190radio switches, and over the ACPI netlink layer for other events. The
191input layer support accepts the standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes
192assigned to each hot key.
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193
194The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate
195events. If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware
196will handle it. If it is "unmasked", it signals the firmware that
197thinkpad-acpi would prefer to handle it, if the firmware would be so
198kind to allow it (and it often doesn't!).
199
200Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can be
201modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled
202by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all, and in those
203models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. The behaviour of
d0788cfb 204the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model.
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205
206Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior. For
207example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable
208Bluetooth by itself.
209
210Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI.
211For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" buttons
212do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* be used
213through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/
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215procfs notes:
216
217The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
218
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219 echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys
220 echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
221 ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ...
20c9aa46 222 echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the recommended mask
a0416420 223
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224The following commands have been deprecated and will cause the kernel
225to log a warning:
226
227 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- does nothing
228 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- returns an error
229
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230The procfs interface does not support NVRAM polling control. So as to
231maintain maximum bug-to-bug compatibility, it does not report any masks,
232nor does it allow one to manipulate the hot key mask when the firmware
233does not support masks at all, even if NVRAM polling is in use.
234
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235sysfs notes:
236
cc4c24e1 237 hotkey_bios_enabled:
2586d566 238 DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON.
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2586d566 240 Returns 0.
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cc4c24e1 242 hotkey_bios_mask:
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243 DEPRECATED, DON'T USE, WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.
244
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245 Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded.
246 Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored
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247 to this value. This is always 0x80c, because those are
248 the hotkeys that were supported by ancient firmware
249 without mask support.
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cc4c24e1 251 hotkey_enable:
2586d566 252 DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON.
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254 0: returns -EPERM
255 1: does nothing
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cc4c24e1 257 hotkey_mask:
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258 bit mask to enable driver-handling (and depending on
259 the firmware, ACPI event generation) for each hot key
260 (see above). Returns the current status of the hot keys
261 mask, and allows one to modify it.
262
263 Note: when NVRAM polling is active, the firmware mask
264 will be different from the value returned by
265 hotkey_mask. The driver will retain enabled bits for
266 hotkeys that are under NVRAM polling even if the
267 firmware refuses them, and will not set these bits on
268 the firmware hot key mask.
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270 hotkey_all_mask:
271 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
272 supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above.
273 Unless you know which events need to be handled
274 passively (because the firmware *will* handle them
275 anyway), do *not* use hotkey_all_mask. Use
276 hotkey_recommended_mask, instead. You have been warned.
277
278 hotkey_recommended_mask:
279 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
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280 supported hot keys, except those which are always
281 handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to
282 hotkey_mask above, to use.
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284 hotkey_source_mask:
285 bit mask that selects which hot keys will the driver
286 poll the NVRAM for. This is auto-detected by the driver
287 based on the capabilities reported by the ACPI firmware,
288 but it can be overridden at runtime.
289
290 Hot keys whose bits are set in both hotkey_source_mask
291 and also on hotkey_mask are polled for in NVRAM. Only a
292 few hot keys are available through CMOS NVRAM polling.
293
294 Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute
295 keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer,
296 so you have to use volume up or volume down to unmute,
297 as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user interface. When
298 in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute are reported as
299 separate events, but this behaviour may be corrected in
300 future releases of this driver, in which case the
d0788cfb 301 ThinkPad volume mixer user interface semantics will be
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302 enforced.
303
304 hotkey_poll_freq:
305 frequency in Hz for hot key polling. It must be between
306 0 and 25 Hz. Polling is only carried out when strictly
307 needed.
308
309 Setting hotkey_poll_freq to zero disables polling, and
310 will cause hot key presses that require NVRAM polling
311 to never be reported.
312
313 Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low will cause repeated
314 pressings of the same hot key to be misreported as a
315 single key press, or to not even be detected at all.
316 The recommended polling frequency is 10Hz.
317
74941a69 318 hotkey_radio_sw:
d147da73 319 If the ThinkPad has a hardware radio switch, this
74941a69 320 attribute will read 0 if the switch is in the "radios
d0788cfb 321 disabled" position, and 1 if the switch is in the
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322 "radios enabled" position.
323
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324 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
325
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326 hotkey_tablet_mode:
327 If the ThinkPad has tablet capabilities, this attribute
328 will read 0 if the ThinkPad is in normal mode, and
329 1 if the ThinkPad is in tablet mode.
330
331 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
332
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333 hotkey_report_mode:
334 Returns the state of the procfs ACPI event report mode
335 filter for hot keys. If it is set to 1 (the default),
336 all hot key presses are reported both through the input
337 layer and also as ACPI events through procfs (but not
338 through netlink). If it is set to 2, hot key presses
339 are reported only through the input layer.
340
341 This attribute is read-only in kernels 2.6.23 or later,
342 and read-write on earlier kernels.
343
344 May return -EPERM (write access locked out by module
345 parameter) or -EACCES (read-only).
346
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347 wakeup_reason:
348 Set to 1 if the system is waking up because the user
349 requested a bay ejection. Set to 2 if the system is
350 waking up because the user requested the system to
351 undock. Set to zero for normal wake-ups or wake-ups
352 due to unknown reasons.
353
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354 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
355
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356 wakeup_hotunplug_complete:
357 Set to 1 if the system was waken up because of an
358 undock or bay ejection request, and that request
d0788cfb 359 was successfully completed. At this point, it might
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360 be useful to send the system back to sleep, at the
361 user's choice. Refer to HKEY events 0x4003 and
362 0x3003, below.
363
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364 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
365
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366input layer notes:
367
368A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly
369followed by an EV_MSC MSC_SCAN event that shall contain that key's scan
370code. An EV_SYN event will always be generated to mark the end of the
371event block.
372
373Do not use the EV_MSC MSC_SCAN events to process keys. They are to be
374used as a helper to remap keys, only. They are particularly useful when
375remapping KEY_UNKNOWN keys.
376
377The events are available in an input device, with the following id:
378
379 Bus: BUS_HOST
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380 vendor: 0x1014 (PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM) or
381 0x17aa (PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO)
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382 product: 0x5054 ("TP")
383 version: 0x4101
384
385The version will have its LSB incremented if the keymap changes in a
386backwards-compatible way. The MSB shall always be 0x41 for this input
387device. If the MSB is not 0x41, do not use the device as described in
388this section, as it is either something else (e.g. another input device
389exported by a thinkpad driver, such as HDAPS) or its functionality has
390been changed in a non-backwards compatible way.
391
392Adding other event types for other functionalities shall be considered a
393backwards-compatible change for this input device.
394
395Thinkpad-acpi Hot Key event map (version 0x4101):
396
397ACPI Scan
398event code Key Notes
399
4000x1001 0x00 FN+F1 -
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402 Lenovo: Screen lock
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4040x1003 0x02 FN+F3 Many IBM models always report
405 this hot key, even with hot keys
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406 disabled or with Fn+F3 masked
407 off
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408 IBM: screen lock
409 Lenovo: battery
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4110x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button
d0788cfb 412 semantics, i.e. sleep-to-RAM).
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413 It is always generate some kind
414 of event, either the hot key
415 event or a ACPI sleep button
416 event. The firmware may
417 refuse to generate further FN+F4
418 key presses until a S3 or S4 ACPI
419 sleep cycle is performed or some
420 time passes.
421
4220x1005 0x04 FN+F5 Radio. Enables/disables
d0788cfb 423 the internal Bluetooth hardware
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424 and W-WAN card if left in control
425 of the firmware. Does not affect
426 the WLAN card.
edf0e0e5 427 Should be used to turn on/off all
d0788cfb 428 radios (Bluetooth+W-WAN+WLAN),
edf0e0e5 429 really.
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430
4310x1006 0x05 FN+F6 -
432
4330x1007 0x06 FN+F7 Video output cycle.
434 Do you feel lucky today?
435
edf0e0e5 4360x1008 0x07 FN+F8 IBM: toggle screen expand
d0788cfb 437 Lenovo: configure UltraNav
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438
4390x1009 0x08 FN+F9 -
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440 .. .. ..
4410x100B 0x0A FN+F11 -
442
4430x100C 0x0B FN+F12 Sleep to disk. You are always
444 supposed to handle it yourself,
445 either through the ACPI event,
446 or through a hotkey event.
447 The firmware may refuse to
448 generate further FN+F4 key
449 press events until a S3 or S4
450 ACPI sleep cycle is performed,
451 or some time passes.
452
4530x100D 0x0C FN+BACKSPACE -
4540x100E 0x0D FN+INSERT -
4550x100F 0x0E FN+DELETE -
456
4570x1010 0x0F FN+HOME Brightness up. This key is
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458 always handled by the firmware
459 in IBM ThinkPads, even when
460 unmasked. Just leave it alone.
461 For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new
462 BIOS, it has to be handled either
463 by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace.
4640x1011 0x10 FN+END Brightness down. See brightness
465 up for details.
466
d0788cfb 4670x1012 0x11 FN+PGUP ThinkLight toggle. This key is
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468 always handled by the firmware,
469 even when unmasked.
470
4710x1013 0x12 FN+PGDOWN -
472
4730x1014 0x13 FN+SPACE Zoom key
474
4750x1015 0x14 VOLUME UP Internal mixer volume up. This
476 key is always handled by the
477 firmware, even when unmasked.
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478 NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
479 this.
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4800x1016 0x15 VOLUME DOWN Internal mixer volume up. This
481 key is always handled by the
482 firmware, even when unmasked.
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483 NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
484 this.
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4850x1017 0x16 MUTE Mute internal mixer. This
486 key is always handled by the
487 firmware, even when unmasked.
488
d0788cfb 4890x1018 0x17 THINKPAD ThinkPad/Access IBM/Lenovo key
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490
4910x1019 0x18 unknown
492.. .. ..
4930x1020 0x1F unknown
494
495The ThinkPad firmware does not allow one to differentiate when most hot
496keys are pressed or released (either that, or we don't know how to, yet).
497For these keys, the driver generates a set of events for a key press and
498immediately issues the same set of events for a key release. It is
499unknown by the driver if the ThinkPad firmware triggered these events on
500hot key press or release, but the firmware will do it for either one, not
501both.
502
ff80f137 503If a key is mapped to KEY_RESERVED, it generates no input events at all.
6a38abbf 504If a key is mapped to KEY_UNKNOWN, it generates an input event that
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505includes an scan code. If a key is mapped to anything else, it will
506generate input device EV_KEY events.
6a38abbf 507
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508In addition to the EV_KEY events, thinkpad-acpi may also issue EV_SW
509events for switches:
510
19f59460 511SW_RFKILL_ALL T60 and later hardware rfkill rocker switch
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512SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A
513
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514Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map:
5150x5001 Lid closed
5160x5002 Lid opened
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5170x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode
5180x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode
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5190x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state
520
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521The above events are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy
522compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1.
523
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5240x2304 System is waking up from suspend to undock
5250x2305 System is waking up from suspend to eject bay
5260x2404 System is waking up from hibernation to undock
5270x2405 System is waking up from hibernation to eject bay
176dd985 5280x5010 Brightness level changed/control event
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529
530The above events are never propagated by the driver.
531
5320x3003 Bay ejection (see 0x2x05) complete, can sleep again
5330x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again
d0788cfb 5340x500B Tablet pen inserted into its storage bay
d1edb2b5 5350x500C Tablet pen removed from its storage bay
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536
537The above events are propagated by the driver.
538
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539Compatibility notes:
540
541ibm-acpi and thinkpad-acpi 0.15 (mainline kernels before 2.6.23) never
542supported the input layer, and sent events over the procfs ACPI event
543interface.
544
545To avoid sending duplicate events over the input layer and the ACPI
546event interface, thinkpad-acpi 0.16 implements a module parameter
547(hotkey_report_mode), and also a sysfs device attribute with the same
548name.
549
550Make no mistake here: userspace is expected to switch to using the input
551layer interface of thinkpad-acpi, together with the ACPI netlink event
552interface in kernels 2.6.23 and later, or with the ACPI procfs event
553interface in kernels 2.6.22 and earlier.
554
555If no hotkey_report_mode module parameter is specified (or it is set to
556zero), the driver defaults to mode 1 (see below), and on kernels 2.6.22
557and earlier, also allows one to change the hotkey_report_mode through
558sysfs. In kernels 2.6.23 and later, where the netlink ACPI event
559interface is available, hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed through
560sysfs (it is read-only).
561
562If the hotkey_report_mode module parameter is set to 1 or 2, it cannot
563be changed later through sysfs (any writes will return -EPERM to signal
564that hotkey_report_mode was locked. On 2.6.23 and later, where
d0788cfb 565hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed at all, writes will return -EACCES).
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566
567hotkey_report_mode set to 1 makes the driver export through the procfs
568ACPI event interface all hot key presses (which are *also* sent to the
569input layer). This is a legacy compatibility behaviour, and it is also
570the default mode of operation for the driver.
571
572hotkey_report_mode set to 2 makes the driver filter out the hot key
573presses from the procfs ACPI event interface, so these events will only
574be sent through the input layer. Userspace that has been updated to use
575the thinkpad-acpi input layer interface should set hotkey_report_mode to
5762.
577
578Hot key press events are never sent to the ACPI netlink event interface.
579Really up-to-date userspace under kernel 2.6.23 and later is to use the
580netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all
581with hotkey_report_mode.
582
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585
586These are the current sane choices for brightness key mapping in
587thinkpad-acpi:
588
589For IBM and Lenovo models *without* ACPI backlight control (the ones on
590which thinkpad-acpi will autoload its backlight interface by default,
591and on which ACPI video does not export a backlight interface):
592
5931. Don't enable or map the brightness hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, as
594 these older firmware versions unfortunately won't respect the hotkey
595 mask for brightness keys anyway, and always reacts to them. This
596 usually work fine, unless X.org drivers are doing something to block
597 the BIOS. In that case, use (3) below. This is the default mode of
598 operation.
599
6002. Enable the hotkeys, but map them to something else that is NOT
601 KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP/DOWN or any other keycode that would cause
602 userspace to try to change the backlight level, and use that as an
603 on-screen-display hint.
604
6053. IF AND ONLY IF X.org drivers find a way to block the firmware from
606 automatically changing the brightness, enable the hotkeys and map
607 them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN, and feed that to
608 something that calls xbacklight. thinkpad-acpi will not be able to
609 change brightness in that case either, so you should disable its
610 backlight interface.
611
612For Lenovo models *with* ACPI backlight control:
613
6141. Load up ACPI video and use that. ACPI video will report ACPI
615 events for brightness change keys. Do not mess with thinkpad-acpi
616 defaults in this case. thinkpad-acpi should not have anything to do
617 with backlight events in a scenario where ACPI video is loaded:
618 brightness hotkeys must be disabled, and the backlight interface is
619 to be kept disabled as well. This is the default mode of operation.
620
6212. Do *NOT* load up ACPI video, enable the hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi,
622 and map them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN. Process
623 these keys on userspace somehow (e.g. by calling xbacklight).
624
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626Bluetooth
627---------
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d3a6ade4 629procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
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630sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable (deprecated)
631sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_bluetooth_sw"
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632
633This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad
634Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot.
635
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636If the ThinkPad supports it, the Bluetooth state is stored in NVRAM,
637so it is kept across reboots and power-off.
638
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639Procfs notes:
640
641If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
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642
643 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
644 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
645
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646Sysfs notes:
647
648 If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled /
cc4c24e1 649 disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
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650 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
651
652 enable:
653 0: disables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is disabled
654 1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled.
655
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656 Note: this interface has been superseded by the generic rfkill
657 class. It has been deprecated, and it will be removed in year
658 2010.
659
660 rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_bluetooth_sw": refer to
661 Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
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664Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video
665--------------------------------------------
666
667This feature allows control over the devices used for video output -
668LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
669
670 echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
671 echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
672 echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
673 echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
674 echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
675 echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
676 echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
677 echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
678 echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
679 echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
680
681Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
682Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
683
684Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled. When automatic
685video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid,
686docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change
687automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering
688and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching,
689the flickering or video corruption can be avoided.
690
691The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs
78f81cc4 692(it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
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693
694Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls
695whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a
696mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current
697video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature.
698
699Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics
700chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents
701Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching
702features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as
703Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work.
704
078ac19e 705UPDATE: refer to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000
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708ThinkLight control
709------------------
710
711procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/light
65807cc2 712sysfs attributes: as per LED class, for the "tpacpi::thinklight" LED
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713
714procfs notes:
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716The ThinkLight status can be read and set through the procfs interface. A
717few models which do not make the status available will show the ThinkLight
718status as "unknown". The available commands are:
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719
720 echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
721 echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
722
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723sysfs notes:
724
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725The ThinkLight sysfs interface is documented by the LED class
726documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt. The ThinkLight LED name
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727is "tpacpi::thinklight".
728
078ac19e 729Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the ThinkLight
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730cannot be read or if it is unknown, thinkpad-acpi will report it as "off".
731It is impossible to know if the status returned through sysfs is valid.
732
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734CMOS/UCMS control
735-----------------
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736
737procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
738sysfs device attribute: cmos_command
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740This feature is mostly used internally by the ACPI firmware to keep the legacy
741CMOS NVRAM bits in sync with the current machine state, and to record this
742state so that the ThinkPad will retain such settings across reboots.
743
744Some of these commands actually perform actions in some ThinkPad models, but
745this is expected to disappear more and more in newer models. As an example, in
746a T43 and in a X40, commands 12 and 13 still control the ThinkLight state for
747real, but commands 0 to 2 don't control the mixer anymore (they have been
748phased out) and just update the NVRAM.
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750The range of valid cmos command numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an
751effect and the behavior varies from model to model. Here is the behavior
752on the X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility):
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754 0 - Related to "Volume down" key press
755 1 - Related to "Volume up" key press
756 2 - Related to "Mute on" key press
757 3 - Related to "Access IBM" key press
d0788cfb 758 4 - Related to "LCD brightness up" key press
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759 5 - Related to "LCD brightness down" key press
760 11 - Related to "toggle screen expansion" key press/function
761 12 - Related to "ThinkLight on"
762 13 - Related to "ThinkLight off"
d0788cfb 763 14 - Related to "ThinkLight" key press (toggle ThinkLight)
1da177e4 764
b616004c 765The cmos command interface is prone to firmware split-brain problems, as
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766in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer. Do not use it, it is
767exported just as a debug tool.
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770LED control
771-----------
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af116101 773procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/led
65807cc2 774sysfs attributes: as per LED class, see below for names
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775
776Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. On
777some older ThinkPad models, it is possible to query the status of the
778LED indicators as well. Newer ThinkPads cannot query the real status
779of the LED indicators.
780
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781Because misuse of the LEDs could induce an unaware user to perform
782dangerous actions (like undocking or ejecting a bay device while the
783buses are still active), or mask an important alarm (such as a nearly
784empty battery, or a broken battery), access to most LEDs is
785restricted.
786
787Unrestricted access to all LEDs requires that thinkpad-acpi be
788compiled with the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_UNSAFE_LEDS option enabled.
789Distributions must never enable this option. Individual users that
790are aware of the consequences are welcome to enabling it.
791
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792procfs notes:
793
794The available commands are:
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796 echo '<LED number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
797 echo '<LED number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
798 echo '<LED number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
1da177e4 799
f21179a4 800The <LED number> range is 0 to 15. The set of LEDs that can be
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801controlled varies from model to model. Here is the common ThinkPad
802mapping:
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803
804 0 - power
805 1 - battery (orange)
806 2 - battery (green)
af116101 807 3 - UltraBase/dock
1da177e4 808 4 - UltraBay
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809 5 - UltraBase battery slot
810 6 - (unknown)
1da177e4 811 7 - standby
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812 8 - dock status 1
813 9 - dock status 2
814 10, 11 - (unknown)
815 12 - thinkvantage
816 13, 14, 15 - (unknown)
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817
818All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink.
819
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820sysfs notes:
821
65807cc2 822The ThinkPad LED sysfs interface is described in detail by the LED class
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823documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt.
824
f21179a4 825The LEDs are named (in LED ID order, from 0 to 12):
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826"tpacpi::power", "tpacpi:orange:batt", "tpacpi:green:batt",
827"tpacpi::dock_active", "tpacpi::bay_active", "tpacpi::dock_batt",
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828"tpacpi::unknown_led", "tpacpi::standby", "tpacpi::dock_status1",
829"tpacpi::dock_status2", "tpacpi::unknown_led2", "tpacpi::unknown_led3",
830"tpacpi::thinkvantage".
af116101 831
65807cc2 832Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the LED
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833indicators cannot be read due to an error, thinkpad-acpi will report it as
834a brightness of zero (same as LED off).
835
836If the thinkpad firmware doesn't support reading the current status,
837trying to read the current LED brightness will just return whatever
838brightness was last written to that attribute.
839
840These LEDs can blink using hardware acceleration. To request that a
841ThinkPad indicator LED should blink in hardware accelerated mode, use the
842"timer" trigger, and leave the delay_on and delay_off parameters set to
843zero (to request hardware acceleration autodetection).
844
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845LEDs that are known not to exist in a given ThinkPad model are not
846made available through the sysfs interface. If you have a dock and you
847notice there are LEDs listed for your ThinkPad that do not exist (and
848are not in the dock), or if you notice that there are missing LEDs,
849a report to ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net is appreciated.
850
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852ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
853----------------------------------
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854
855The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide
78f81cc4 856audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same
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857sounds to be triggered manually.
858
859The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
860
78f81cc4 861 echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
1da177e4 862
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863The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds
864and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
865X40:
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867 0 - stop a sound in progress (but use 17 to stop 16)
868 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery")
1da177e4 869 3 - single beep
78f81cc4 870 4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable")
1da177e4 871 5 - single beep
78f81cc4 872 6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC")
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873 7 - high-pitched beep
874 9 - three short beeps
875 10 - very long beep
876 12 - low-pitched beep
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877 15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0
878 16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17
879 17 - stop 16
880
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882Temperature sensors
883-------------------
884
885procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
7fd40029 886sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") temp*_input
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888Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only
889expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods. This
890feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older
891ThinkPads, and up to sixteen different sensors on newer ThinkPads.
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892
893For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
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894temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
895
3d6f99ca 896On the T43/p, a typical output may be:
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897temperatures: 48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128
898
899The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on
900system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model).
901
902http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that
903tries to track down these locations for various models.
904
905Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern:
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906
9071: CPU
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9082: (depends on model)
9093: (depends on model)
78f81cc4 9104: GPU
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9115: Main battery: main sensor
9126: Bay battery: main sensor
9137: Main battery: secondary sensor
9148: Bay battery: secondary sensor
9159-15: (depends on model)
916
917For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber):
9182: Mini-PCI
9193: Internal HDD
920
921For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org)
922http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p
9232: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp
9243: PCMCIA slot
9259: MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus
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92610: Clock-generator, mini-pci card and ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI
927 card, under touchpad
60eb0b35 92811: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key
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930The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors
931(source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31)
9321: CPU
9332: Main Battery: main sensor
9343: Power Converter
9354: Bay Battery: main sensor
9365: MCH (northbridge)
9376: PCMCIA/ambient
9387: Main Battery: secondary sensor
9398: Bay Battery: secondary sensor
940
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942Procfs notes:
943 Readings from sensors that are not available return -128.
944 No commands can be written to this file.
945
946Sysfs notes:
947 Sensors that are not available return the ENXIO error. This
948 status may change at runtime, as there are hotplug thermal
949 sensors, like those inside the batteries and docks.
950
951 thinkpad-acpi thermal sensors are reported through the hwmon
952 subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at
953 Documentation/hwmon.
954
955
d6bc8ac9 956EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump -- /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
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957------------------------------------------------------------------------
958
959This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
960directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
961WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
962experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
963
964This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller
965registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers
966were dumped are marked with a star:
967
837ca6dd 968[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
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969EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
970EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
971EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
972EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
973EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
974EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
975EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc
976EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
977EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80
978EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
979EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
980EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00
981EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
982EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
983EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
984EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
985EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
986
987This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan
988speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
989
990 - make sure the battery is fully charged
991 - make sure the fan is running
992 - run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so
993
994The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't
995vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since
996the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the
997fan register with a star:
998
837ca6dd 999[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
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1000EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
1001EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
1002EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
1003EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
1004EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
1005EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
1006EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc
1007EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1008EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80
1009EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
1010EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1011EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00
1012EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1013EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1014EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1015EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
1016EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
1017
1018Another set of values that varies often is the temperature
1019readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
1020several quick dumps to eliminate them.
1021
1022You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other
1023embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes
1024except the charging or discharging battery to determine which
1025registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
1026with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
1027a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
1028
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1030LCD brightness control
1031----------------------
1032
1033procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1034sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen"
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1035
1036This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
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1037models which don't have a hardware brightness slider.
1038
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1039It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned
1040on or off by this interface, it just controls the backlight brightness
1041level.
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1042
1043On IBM (and some of the earlier Lenovo) ThinkPads, the backlight control
1044has eight brightness levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the levels
1045may not be distinct. Later Lenovo models that implement the ACPI
1046display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging
1047from 0 to 15.
1048
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1049For IBM ThinkPads, there are two interfaces to the firmware for direct
1050brightness control, EC and UCMS (or CMOS). To select which one should be
1051used, use the brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects
1052EC mode, brightness_mode=2 selects UCMS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects EC
1053mode with NVRAM backing (so that brightness changes are remembered across
1054shutdown/reboot).
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1055
1056The driver tries to select which interface to use from a table of
1057defaults for each ThinkPad model. If it makes a wrong choice, please
1058report this as a bug, so that we can fix it.
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1060Lenovo ThinkPads only support brightness_mode=2 (UCMS).
1061
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1062When display backlight brightness controls are available through the
1063standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct
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1064ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native
1065backlight brightness control interface if it detects that the standard
1066ACPI interface is available in the ThinkPad.
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1068The brightness_enable module parameter can be used to control whether
1069the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available.
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1070brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled. brightness_enable=1
1071forces it to be enabled when available, even if the standard ACPI
1072interface is also available.
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1074Procfs notes:
1075
1076 The available commands are:
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1077
1078 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1079 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1080 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1081
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1082Sysfs notes:
1083
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1084The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is
1085poorly documented at this time.
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1087Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside
1088it there will be the following attributes:
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1089
1090 max_brightness:
1091 Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to.
1092 The minimum is always zero.
1093
1094 actual_brightness:
1095 Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant.
1096
1097 brightness:
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1098 Writes request the driver to change brightness to the
1099 given value. Reads will tell you what brightness the
1100 driver is trying to set the display to when "power" is set
1101 to zero and the display has not been dimmed by a kernel
1102 power management event.
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1103
1104 power:
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1105 power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3
1106 will dim the display backlight to brightness level 0
1107 because thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight
1108 off. Kernel power management events can temporarily
1109 increase the current power management level, i.e. they can
1110 dim the display.
7d5a015e 1111
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1113WARNING:
1114
1115 Whatever you do, do NOT ever call thinkpad-acpi backlight-level change
1116 interface and the ACPI-based backlight level change interface
1117 (available on newer BIOSes, and driven by the Linux ACPI video driver)
1118 at the same time. The two will interact in bad ways, do funny things,
1119 and maybe reduce the life of the backlight lamps by needlessly kicking
1120 its level up and down at every change.
1121
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1123Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1124---------------------------------------
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1125
1126This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
1127a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
1128
1129 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1130 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1131 echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1132 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1133
1134The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be
1135distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
1136up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume).
1137The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file.
1138
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1139The ALSA mixer interface to this feature is still missing, but patches
1140to add it exist. That problem should be addressed in the not so
1141distant future.
1142
1143
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1144Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
1145---------------------------------------------------------
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1146
1147procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
7fd40029 1148sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") fan1_input, pwm1,
d7377247 1149 pwm1_enable, fan2_input
7fd40029 1150sysfs hwmon driver attributes: fan_watchdog
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1152NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for
1153safety reasons. To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1"
1154must be given to thinkpad-acpi.
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1156This feature attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and
1157other fan data that might be available. The speed is read directly
1158from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known
ecf2a80a 1159to work on later R, T, X and Z series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
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1160value on other models.
1161
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1162Some Lenovo ThinkPads support a secondary fan. This fan cannot be
1163controlled separately, it shares the main fan control.
1164
fe98a52c 1165Fan levels:
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1167Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface. Level 0
1168stops the fan. The higher the level, the higher the fan speed, although
1169adjacent levels often map to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest
1170level, where the fan reaches the maximum recommended speed.
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1172Level "auto" means the EC changes the fan level according to some
1173internal algorithm, usually based on readings from the thermal sensors.
78f81cc4 1174
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1175There is also a "full-speed" level, also known as "disengaged" level.
1176In this level, the EC disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control,
1177and drives the fan as fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware
1178limits, so use this level with caution.
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1180The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another, and
1181it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
1182commands. The full-speed level may take up to two minutes to ramp up to
1183maximum speed, and in some ThinkPads, the tachometer readings go stale
1184while the EC is transitioning to the full-speed level.
a12095c2 1185
78f81cc4 1186WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
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1187monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
1188enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
1189
1190An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
1191ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow. This is
01dd2fbf 1192normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the various thermal readings
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1193rise too much.
1194
1195On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
1196Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature
1197climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees. The
1198fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the
1199HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot
1200currently be controlled.
1201
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1202The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
1203certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done
1204through thinkpad-acpi.
1205
1206The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
1207level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the procfs
1208fan commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog", or if there
1209are no writes to pwm1_enable (or to pwm1 *if and only if* pwm1_enable is
1210set to 1, manual mode) within a configurable amount of time of up to
1211120 seconds. This functionality is called fan safety watchdog.
1212
1213Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will be
1214rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of the
1215above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is,
1216therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made through
1217means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" procfs fan
1218commands, or the hwmon fan control sysfs interface.
1219
1220Procfs notes:
1221
1222The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:
1223
1224 echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1225 echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1226
1227Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan
1228will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.
1229
a12095c2 1230The fan level can be controlled with the command:
78f81cc4 1231
fe98a52c 1232 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
a12095c2 1233
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1234Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto" or
1235"full-speed" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the "auto"
1236and "full-speed" levels. The driver accepts "disengaged" as an alias for
1237"full-speed", and reports it as "disengaged" for backwards
1238compatibility.
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1239
1240On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be
fe98a52c 1241controlled to a certain degree. Once the fan is running, it can be
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1242forced to run faster or slower with the following command:
1243
fe98a52c 1244 echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
78f81cc4 1245
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1246The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from about
12473700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have any
1248effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that range. The
1249fan cannot be stopped or started with this command. This functionality
1250is incomplete, and not available through the sysfs interface.
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1252To program the safety watchdog, use the "watchdog" command.
1253
1254 echo 'watchdog <interval in seconds>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1255
1256If you want to disable the watchdog, use 0 as the interval.
1257
1258Sysfs notes:
1259
1260The sysfs interface follows the hwmon subsystem guidelines for the most
1261part, and the exception is the fan safety watchdog.
1262
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1263Writes to any of the sysfs attributes may return the EINVAL error if
1264that operation is not supported in a given ThinkPad or if the parameter
1265is out-of-bounds, and EPERM if it is forbidden. They may also return
1266EINTR (interrupted system call), and EIO (I/O error while trying to talk
1267to the firmware).
1268
1269Features not yet implemented by the driver return ENOSYS.
1270
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1271hwmon device attribute pwm1_enable:
1272 0: PWM offline (fan is set to full-speed mode)
1273 1: Manual PWM control (use pwm1 to set fan level)
1274 2: Hardware PWM control (EC "auto" mode)
1275 3: reserved (Software PWM control, not implemented yet)
1276
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1277 Modes 0 and 2 are not supported by all ThinkPads, and the
1278 driver is not always able to detect this. If it does know a
1279 mode is unsupported, it will return -EINVAL.
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1280
1281hwmon device attribute pwm1:
1282 Fan level, scaled from the firmware values of 0-7 to the hwmon
1283 scale of 0-255. 0 means fan stopped, 255 means highest normal
1284 speed (level 7).
1285
1286 This attribute only commands the fan if pmw1_enable is set to 1
1287 (manual PWM control).
1288
1289hwmon device attribute fan1_input:
1290 Fan tachometer reading, in RPM. May go stale on certain
1291 ThinkPads while the EC transitions the PWM to offline mode,
1292 which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older
1293 ThinkPads.
1294
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1295hwmon device attribute fan2_input:
1296 Fan tachometer reading, in RPM, for the secondary fan.
1297 Available only on some ThinkPads. If the secondary fan is
1298 not installed, will always read 0.
1299
7fd40029 1300hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog:
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1301 Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is
1302 1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog.
1303
1304To stop the fan: set pwm1 to zero, and pwm1_enable to 1.
1305
1306To start the fan in a safe mode: set pwm1_enable to 2. If that fails
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1307with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255
1308would be the safest choice, though).
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1311WAN
1312---
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1313
1314procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
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1315sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable (deprecated)
1316sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw"
28b779d1 1317
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1318This feature shows the presence and current state of the built-in
1319Wireless WAN device.
1320
1321If the ThinkPad supports it, the WWAN state is stored in NVRAM,
1322so it is kept across reboots and power-off.
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1324It was tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad X60. It should probably work on other
1325ThinkPad models which come with this module installed.
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1326
1327Procfs notes:
1328
1329If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used:
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1330
1331 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1332 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1333
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1334Sysfs notes:
1335
1336 If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled /
cc4c24e1 1337 disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
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1338 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
1339
1340 enable:
1341 0: disables WWAN card / WWAN card is disabled
1342 1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled.
1343
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1344 Note: this interface has been superseded by the generic rfkill
1345 class. It has been deprecated, and it will be removed in year
1346 2010.
1347
1348 rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw": refer to
1349 Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
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1352EXPERIMENTAL: UWB
1353-----------------
1354
1355This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively
1356tested and validated in various ThinkPad models yet. The feature may not
1357work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply
1358the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
1359
1360sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw"
1361
1362This feature exports an rfkill controller for the UWB device, if one is
1363present and enabled in the BIOS.
1364
1365Sysfs notes:
1366
1367 rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw": refer to
1368 Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
1369
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1371Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
1372------------------------------------
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1373
1374Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by
1375separating them with commas, for example:
1376
1377 echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
1378 echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
1379
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1380Commands can also be specified when loading the thinkpad-acpi module,
1381for example:
1da177e4 1382
643f12db 1383 modprobe thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
1da177e4 1384
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1386Enabling debugging output
1387-------------------------
1388
0f035b8e 1389The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively
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1390enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
1391
5f24927f 1392 modprobe thinkpad_acpi debug=0xffff
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1393
1394will enable all debugging output classes. It takes a bitmask, so
1395to enable more than one output class, just add their values.
1396
fe08bc4b 1397 Debug bitmask Description
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1398 0x8000 Disclose PID of userspace programs
1399 accessing some functions of the driver
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1400 0x0001 Initialization and probing
1401 0x0002 Removal
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1402 0x0004 RF Transmitter control (RFKILL)
1403 (bluetooth, WWAN, UWB...)
56e2c200 1404 0x0008 HKEY event interface, hotkeys
74a60c0f 1405 0x0010 Fan control
0e501834 1406 0x0020 Backlight brightness
fe08bc4b 1407
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1408There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging
1409information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems.
0dcef77c 1410
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1411The level of debugging information output by the driver can be changed
1412at runtime through sysfs, using the driver attribute debug_level. The
1413attribute takes the same bitmask as the debug module parameter above.
1414
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1416Force loading of module
1417-----------------------
1418
1419If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify
1420the module parameter force_load=1. Regardless of whether this works or
1421not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report.
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1422
1423
1424Sysfs interface changelog:
1425
14260x000100: Initial sysfs support, as a single platform driver and
1427 device.
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14280x000200: Hot key support for 32 hot keys, and radio slider switch
1429 support.
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14300x010000: Hot keys are now handled by default over the input
1431 layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO,
1432 and the driver enables hot key handling by default in
1433 the firmware.
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1434
14350x020000: ABI fix: added a separate hwmon platform device and
1436 driver, which must be located by name (thinkpad)
1437 and the hwmon class for libsensors4 (lm-sensors 3)
1438 compatibility. Moved all hwmon attributes to this
1439 new platform device.
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1440
14410x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
1442 support. If you must, use it to know you should not
0211a9c8 1443 start a userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
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1444 NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is
1445 unneeded/undesired in the first place).
14460x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
d0788cfb 1447 and proper hotkey_mask semantics (version 8 of the
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1448 NVRAM polling patch). Some development snapshots of
1449 0.18 had an earlier version that did strange things
1450 to hotkey_mask.
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1451
14520x020200: Add poll()/select() support to the following attributes:
1453 hotkey_radio_sw, wakeup_hotunplug_complete, wakeup_reason
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1454
14550x020300: hotkey enable/disable support removed, attributes
1456 hotkey_bios_enabled and hotkey_enable deprecated and
1457 marked for removal.
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1458
14590x020400: Marker for 16 LEDs support. Also, LEDs that are known
1460 to not exist in a given model are not registered with
1461 the LED sysfs class anymore.