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643f12db 1 ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
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3 Version 0.19
4 January 06th, 2008
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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
192.6.22, and release 0.14.
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21The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module
22names, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace issues.
23
24"tpacpi" is used as a shorthand where "thinkpad-acpi" would be too
25long due to length limitations on some Linux kernel versions.
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27Status
28------
29
30The features currently supported are the following (see below for
31detailed description):
32
33 - Fn key combinations
34 - Bluetooth enable and disable
837ca6dd 35 - video output switching, expansion control
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36 - ThinkLight on and off
37 - limited docking and undocking
38 - UltraBay eject
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39 - CMOS control
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
28b779d1 47 - Experimental: WAN enable and disable
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48
49A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
50site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
51reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table.
52Please include the following information in your report:
53
54 - ThinkPad model name
55 - a copy of your DSDT, from /proc/acpi/dsdt
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56 - a copy of the output of dmidecode, with serial numbers
57 and UUIDs masked off
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58 - which driver features work and which don't
59 - the observed behavior of non-working features
60
61Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome.
62
63
64Installation
65------------
66
67If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
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68sources, simply enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI option, and optionally
69enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY option if you want the
70thinkpad-specific bay functionality.
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71
72Features
73--------
74
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75The driver exports two different interfaces to userspace, which can be
76used to access the features it provides. One is a legacy procfs-based
77interface, which will be removed at some time in the distant future.
78The other is a new sysfs-based interface which is not complete yet.
79
80The procfs interface creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory. There is a
81file under that directory for each feature it supports. The procfs
82interface is mostly frozen, and will change very little if at all: it
83will not be extended to add any new functionality in the driver, instead
84all new functionality will be implemented on the sysfs interface.
85
86The sysfs interface tries to blend in the generic Linux sysfs subsystems
87and classes as much as possible. Since some of these subsystems are not
88yet ready or stabilized, it is expected that this interface will change,
89and any and all userspace programs must deal with it.
90
91
92Notes about the sysfs interface:
93
94Unlike what was done with the procfs interface, correctness when talking
95to the sysfs interfaces will be enforced, as will correctness in the
96thinkpad-acpi's implementation of sysfs interfaces.
97
98Also, any bugs in the thinkpad-acpi sysfs driver code or in the
99thinkpad-acpi's implementation of the sysfs interfaces will be fixed for
100maximum correctness, even if that means changing an interface in
101non-compatible ways. As these interfaces mature both in the kernel and
102in thinkpad-acpi, such changes should become quite rare.
103
104Applications interfacing to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interfaces must
105follow all sysfs guidelines and correctly process all errors (the sysfs
106interface makes extensive use of errors). File descriptors and open /
107close operations to the sysfs inodes must also be properly implemented.
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109The version of thinkpad-acpi's sysfs interface is exported by the driver
110as a driver attribute (see below).
111
112Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
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113for 2.6.23 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/ and
114/sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_hwmon/
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116Sysfs device attributes are on the thinkpad_acpi device sysfs attribute
117space, for 2.6.23 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
118
119Sysfs device attributes for the sensors and fan are on the
120thinkpad_hwmon device's sysfs attribute space, but you should locate it
121looking for a hwmon device with the name attribute of "thinkpad".
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122
123Driver version
124--------------
125
126procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
127sysfs driver attribute: version
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129The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file.
130
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131Sysfs interface version
132-----------------------
133
134sysfs driver attribute: interface_version
135
136Version of the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface, as an unsigned long
137(output in hex format: 0xAAAABBCC), where:
138 AAAA - major revision
139 BB - minor revision
140 CC - bugfix revision
141
142The sysfs interface version changelog for the driver can be found at the
143end of this document. Changes to the sysfs interface done by the kernel
144subsystems are not documented here, nor are they tracked by this
145attribute.
146
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147Changes to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface are only considered
148non-experimental when they are submitted to Linux mainline, at which
149point the changes in this interface are documented and interface_version
150may be updated. If you are using any thinkpad-acpi features not yet
151sent to mainline for merging, you do so on your own risk: these features
152may disappear, or be implemented in a different and incompatible way by
153the time they are merged in Linux mainline.
154
155Changes that are backwards-compatible by nature (e.g. the addition of
156attributes that do not change the way the other attributes work) do not
157always warrant an update of interface_version. Therefore, one must
158expect that an attribute might not be there, and deal with it properly
159(an attribute not being there *is* a valid way to make it clear that a
160feature is not available in sysfs).
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162Hot keys
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164
165procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
cc4c24e1 166sysfs device attribute: hotkey_*
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d0788cfb 168In a ThinkPad, the ACPI HKEY handler is responsible for communicating
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169some important events and also keyboard hot key presses to the operating
170system. Enabling the hotkey functionality of thinkpad-acpi signals the
171firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad
172firmware will behave in many situations.
173
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174The driver enables the hot key feature automatically when loaded. The
175feature can later be disabled and enabled back at runtime. The driver
176will also restore the hot key feature to its previous state and mask
177when it is unloaded.
178
1a343760 179When the hotkey feature is enabled and the hot key mask is set (see
ff80f137 180below), the driver will report HKEY events in the following format:
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182 ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
183
ff80f137 184Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all.
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186The driver will generate events over the input layer for hot keys and
187radio switches, and over the ACPI netlink layer for other events. The
188input layer support accepts the standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes
189assigned to each hot key.
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190
191The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate
192events. If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware
193will handle it. If it is "unmasked", it signals the firmware that
194thinkpad-acpi would prefer to handle it, if the firmware would be so
195kind to allow it (and it often doesn't!).
196
197Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can be
198modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled
199by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all, and in those
200models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. The behaviour of
d0788cfb 201the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model.
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202
203Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior. For
204example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable
205Bluetooth by itself.
206
207Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI.
208For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" buttons
209do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* be used
210through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/
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212procfs notes:
213
214The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
215
216 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature
217 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature
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218 echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys
219 echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
220 ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ...
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221 echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask
222
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223The procfs interface does not support NVRAM polling control. So as to
224maintain maximum bug-to-bug compatibility, it does not report any masks,
225nor does it allow one to manipulate the hot key mask when the firmware
226does not support masks at all, even if NVRAM polling is in use.
227
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228sysfs notes:
229
cc4c24e1 230 hotkey_bios_enabled:
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231 Returns the status of the hot keys feature when
232 thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot
233 key feature status will be restored to this value.
234
235 0: hot keys were disabled
1a343760 236 1: hot keys were enabled (unusual)
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cc4c24e1 238 hotkey_bios_mask:
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239 Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded.
240 Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored
241 to this value.
242
cc4c24e1 243 hotkey_enable:
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244 Enables/disables the hot keys feature in the ACPI
245 firmware, and reports current status of the hot keys
246 feature. Has no effect on the NVRAM hot key polling
247 functionality.
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248
249 0: disables the hot keys feature / feature disabled
250 1: enables the hot keys feature / feature enabled
251
cc4c24e1 252 hotkey_mask:
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253 bit mask to enable driver-handling (and depending on
254 the firmware, ACPI event generation) for each hot key
255 (see above). Returns the current status of the hot keys
256 mask, and allows one to modify it.
257
258 Note: when NVRAM polling is active, the firmware mask
259 will be different from the value returned by
260 hotkey_mask. The driver will retain enabled bits for
261 hotkeys that are under NVRAM polling even if the
262 firmware refuses them, and will not set these bits on
263 the firmware hot key mask.
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265 hotkey_all_mask:
266 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
267 supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above.
268 Unless you know which events need to be handled
269 passively (because the firmware *will* handle them
270 anyway), do *not* use hotkey_all_mask. Use
271 hotkey_recommended_mask, instead. You have been warned.
272
273 hotkey_recommended_mask:
274 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
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275 supported hot keys, except those which are always
276 handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to
277 hotkey_mask above, to use.
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279 hotkey_source_mask:
280 bit mask that selects which hot keys will the driver
281 poll the NVRAM for. This is auto-detected by the driver
282 based on the capabilities reported by the ACPI firmware,
283 but it can be overridden at runtime.
284
285 Hot keys whose bits are set in both hotkey_source_mask
286 and also on hotkey_mask are polled for in NVRAM. Only a
287 few hot keys are available through CMOS NVRAM polling.
288
289 Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute
290 keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer,
291 so you have to use volume up or volume down to unmute,
292 as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user interface. When
293 in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute are reported as
294 separate events, but this behaviour may be corrected in
295 future releases of this driver, in which case the
d0788cfb 296 ThinkPad volume mixer user interface semantics will be
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297 enforced.
298
299 hotkey_poll_freq:
300 frequency in Hz for hot key polling. It must be between
301 0 and 25 Hz. Polling is only carried out when strictly
302 needed.
303
304 Setting hotkey_poll_freq to zero disables polling, and
305 will cause hot key presses that require NVRAM polling
306 to never be reported.
307
308 Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low will cause repeated
309 pressings of the same hot key to be misreported as a
310 single key press, or to not even be detected at all.
311 The recommended polling frequency is 10Hz.
312
74941a69 313 hotkey_radio_sw:
d147da73 314 If the ThinkPad has a hardware radio switch, this
74941a69 315 attribute will read 0 if the switch is in the "radios
d0788cfb 316 disabled" position, and 1 if the switch is in the
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317 "radios enabled" position.
318
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319 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
320
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321 hotkey_tablet_mode:
322 If the ThinkPad has tablet capabilities, this attribute
323 will read 0 if the ThinkPad is in normal mode, and
324 1 if the ThinkPad is in tablet mode.
325
326 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
327
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328 hotkey_report_mode:
329 Returns the state of the procfs ACPI event report mode
330 filter for hot keys. If it is set to 1 (the default),
331 all hot key presses are reported both through the input
332 layer and also as ACPI events through procfs (but not
333 through netlink). If it is set to 2, hot key presses
334 are reported only through the input layer.
335
336 This attribute is read-only in kernels 2.6.23 or later,
337 and read-write on earlier kernels.
338
339 May return -EPERM (write access locked out by module
340 parameter) or -EACCES (read-only).
341
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342 wakeup_reason:
343 Set to 1 if the system is waking up because the user
344 requested a bay ejection. Set to 2 if the system is
345 waking up because the user requested the system to
346 undock. Set to zero for normal wake-ups or wake-ups
347 due to unknown reasons.
348
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349 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
350
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351 wakeup_hotunplug_complete:
352 Set to 1 if the system was waken up because of an
353 undock or bay ejection request, and that request
d0788cfb 354 was successfully completed. At this point, it might
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355 be useful to send the system back to sleep, at the
356 user's choice. Refer to HKEY events 0x4003 and
357 0x3003, below.
358
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359 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
360
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361input layer notes:
362
363A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly
364followed by an EV_MSC MSC_SCAN event that shall contain that key's scan
365code. An EV_SYN event will always be generated to mark the end of the
366event block.
367
368Do not use the EV_MSC MSC_SCAN events to process keys. They are to be
369used as a helper to remap keys, only. They are particularly useful when
370remapping KEY_UNKNOWN keys.
371
372The events are available in an input device, with the following id:
373
374 Bus: BUS_HOST
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375 vendor: 0x1014 (PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM) or
376 0x17aa (PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO)
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377 product: 0x5054 ("TP")
378 version: 0x4101
379
380The version will have its LSB incremented if the keymap changes in a
381backwards-compatible way. The MSB shall always be 0x41 for this input
382device. If the MSB is not 0x41, do not use the device as described in
383this section, as it is either something else (e.g. another input device
384exported by a thinkpad driver, such as HDAPS) or its functionality has
385been changed in a non-backwards compatible way.
386
387Adding other event types for other functionalities shall be considered a
388backwards-compatible change for this input device.
389
390Thinkpad-acpi Hot Key event map (version 0x4101):
391
392ACPI Scan
393event code Key Notes
394
3950x1001 0x00 FN+F1 -
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3960x1002 0x01 FN+F2 IBM: battery (rare)
397 Lenovo: Screen lock
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3990x1003 0x02 FN+F3 Many IBM models always report
400 this hot key, even with hot keys
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401 disabled or with Fn+F3 masked
402 off
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403 IBM: screen lock
404 Lenovo: battery
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405
4060x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button
d0788cfb 407 semantics, i.e. sleep-to-RAM).
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408 It is always generate some kind
409 of event, either the hot key
410 event or a ACPI sleep button
411 event. The firmware may
412 refuse to generate further FN+F4
413 key presses until a S3 or S4 ACPI
414 sleep cycle is performed or some
415 time passes.
416
4170x1005 0x04 FN+F5 Radio. Enables/disables
d0788cfb 418 the internal Bluetooth hardware
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419 and W-WAN card if left in control
420 of the firmware. Does not affect
421 the WLAN card.
edf0e0e5 422 Should be used to turn on/off all
d0788cfb 423 radios (Bluetooth+W-WAN+WLAN),
edf0e0e5 424 really.
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425
4260x1006 0x05 FN+F6 -
427
4280x1007 0x06 FN+F7 Video output cycle.
429 Do you feel lucky today?
430
edf0e0e5 4310x1008 0x07 FN+F8 IBM: toggle screen expand
d0788cfb 432 Lenovo: configure UltraNav
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433
4340x1009 0x08 FN+F9 -
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435 .. .. ..
4360x100B 0x0A FN+F11 -
437
4380x100C 0x0B FN+F12 Sleep to disk. You are always
439 supposed to handle it yourself,
440 either through the ACPI event,
441 or through a hotkey event.
442 The firmware may refuse to
443 generate further FN+F4 key
444 press events until a S3 or S4
445 ACPI sleep cycle is performed,
446 or some time passes.
447
4480x100D 0x0C FN+BACKSPACE -
4490x100E 0x0D FN+INSERT -
4500x100F 0x0E FN+DELETE -
451
4520x1010 0x0F FN+HOME Brightness up. This key is
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453 always handled by the firmware
454 in IBM ThinkPads, even when
455 unmasked. Just leave it alone.
456 For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new
457 BIOS, it has to be handled either
458 by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace.
4590x1011 0x10 FN+END Brightness down. See brightness
460 up for details.
461
d0788cfb 4620x1012 0x11 FN+PGUP ThinkLight toggle. This key is
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463 always handled by the firmware,
464 even when unmasked.
465
4660x1013 0x12 FN+PGDOWN -
467
4680x1014 0x13 FN+SPACE Zoom key
469
4700x1015 0x14 VOLUME UP Internal mixer volume up. This
471 key is always handled by the
472 firmware, even when unmasked.
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473 NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
474 this.
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4750x1016 0x15 VOLUME DOWN 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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4800x1017 0x16 MUTE Mute internal mixer. This
481 key is always handled by the
482 firmware, even when unmasked.
483
d0788cfb 4840x1018 0x17 THINKPAD ThinkPad/Access IBM/Lenovo key
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485
4860x1019 0x18 unknown
487.. .. ..
4880x1020 0x1F unknown
489
490The ThinkPad firmware does not allow one to differentiate when most hot
491keys are pressed or released (either that, or we don't know how to, yet).
492For these keys, the driver generates a set of events for a key press and
493immediately issues the same set of events for a key release. It is
494unknown by the driver if the ThinkPad firmware triggered these events on
495hot key press or release, but the firmware will do it for either one, not
496both.
497
ff80f137 498If a key is mapped to KEY_RESERVED, it generates no input events at all.
6a38abbf 499If a key is mapped to KEY_UNKNOWN, it generates an input event that
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500includes an scan code. If a key is mapped to anything else, it will
501generate input device EV_KEY events.
6a38abbf 502
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503In addition to the EV_KEY events, thinkpad-acpi may also issue EV_SW
504events for switches:
505
506SW_RADIO T60 and later hardare rfkill rocker switch
507SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A
508
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509Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map:
5100x5001 Lid closed
5110x5002 Lid opened
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5120x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode
5130x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode
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5140x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state
515
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516The above events are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy
517compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1.
518
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5190x2304 System is waking up from suspend to undock
5200x2305 System is waking up from suspend to eject bay
5210x2404 System is waking up from hibernation to undock
5220x2405 System is waking up from hibernation to eject bay
523
524The above events are never propagated by the driver.
525
5260x3003 Bay ejection (see 0x2x05) complete, can sleep again
5270x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again
d0788cfb 5280x500B Tablet pen inserted into its storage bay
d1edb2b5 5290x500C Tablet pen removed from its storage bay
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5300x5010 Brightness level changed (newer Lenovo BIOSes)
531
532The above events are propagated by the driver.
533
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534Compatibility notes:
535
536ibm-acpi and thinkpad-acpi 0.15 (mainline kernels before 2.6.23) never
537supported the input layer, and sent events over the procfs ACPI event
538interface.
539
540To avoid sending duplicate events over the input layer and the ACPI
541event interface, thinkpad-acpi 0.16 implements a module parameter
542(hotkey_report_mode), and also a sysfs device attribute with the same
543name.
544
545Make no mistake here: userspace is expected to switch to using the input
546layer interface of thinkpad-acpi, together with the ACPI netlink event
547interface in kernels 2.6.23 and later, or with the ACPI procfs event
548interface in kernels 2.6.22 and earlier.
549
550If no hotkey_report_mode module parameter is specified (or it is set to
551zero), the driver defaults to mode 1 (see below), and on kernels 2.6.22
552and earlier, also allows one to change the hotkey_report_mode through
553sysfs. In kernels 2.6.23 and later, where the netlink ACPI event
554interface is available, hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed through
555sysfs (it is read-only).
556
557If the hotkey_report_mode module parameter is set to 1 or 2, it cannot
558be changed later through sysfs (any writes will return -EPERM to signal
559that hotkey_report_mode was locked. On 2.6.23 and later, where
d0788cfb 560hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed at all, writes will return -EACCES).
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561
562hotkey_report_mode set to 1 makes the driver export through the procfs
563ACPI event interface all hot key presses (which are *also* sent to the
564input layer). This is a legacy compatibility behaviour, and it is also
565the default mode of operation for the driver.
566
567hotkey_report_mode set to 2 makes the driver filter out the hot key
568presses from the procfs ACPI event interface, so these events will only
569be sent through the input layer. Userspace that has been updated to use
570the thinkpad-acpi input layer interface should set hotkey_report_mode to
5712.
572
573Hot key press events are never sent to the ACPI netlink event interface.
574Really up-to-date userspace under kernel 2.6.23 and later is to use the
575netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all
576with hotkey_report_mode.
577
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579Brightness hotkey notes:
580
581These are the current sane choices for brightness key mapping in
582thinkpad-acpi:
583
584For IBM and Lenovo models *without* ACPI backlight control (the ones on
585which thinkpad-acpi will autoload its backlight interface by default,
586and on which ACPI video does not export a backlight interface):
587
5881. Don't enable or map the brightness hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, as
589 these older firmware versions unfortunately won't respect the hotkey
590 mask for brightness keys anyway, and always reacts to them. This
591 usually work fine, unless X.org drivers are doing something to block
592 the BIOS. In that case, use (3) below. This is the default mode of
593 operation.
594
5952. Enable the hotkeys, but map them to something else that is NOT
596 KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP/DOWN or any other keycode that would cause
597 userspace to try to change the backlight level, and use that as an
598 on-screen-display hint.
599
6003. IF AND ONLY IF X.org drivers find a way to block the firmware from
601 automatically changing the brightness, enable the hotkeys and map
602 them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN, and feed that to
603 something that calls xbacklight. thinkpad-acpi will not be able to
604 change brightness in that case either, so you should disable its
605 backlight interface.
606
607For Lenovo models *with* ACPI backlight control:
608
6091. Load up ACPI video and use that. ACPI video will report ACPI
610 events for brightness change keys. Do not mess with thinkpad-acpi
611 defaults in this case. thinkpad-acpi should not have anything to do
612 with backlight events in a scenario where ACPI video is loaded:
613 brightness hotkeys must be disabled, and the backlight interface is
614 to be kept disabled as well. This is the default mode of operation.
615
6162. Do *NOT* load up ACPI video, enable the hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi,
617 and map them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN. Process
618 these keys on userspace somehow (e.g. by calling xbacklight).
619
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620Bluetooth
621---------
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d3a6ade4 623procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
cc4c24e1 624sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable
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625
626This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad
627Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot.
628
629Procfs notes:
630
631If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
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632
633 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
634 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
635
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636Sysfs notes:
637
638 If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled /
cc4c24e1 639 disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
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640 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
641
642 enable:
643 0: disables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is disabled
644 1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled.
645
d0788cfb 646 Note: this interface will be probably be superseded by the
cc4c24e1 647 generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet.
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649Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video
650--------------------------------------------
651
652This feature allows control over the devices used for video output -
653LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
654
655 echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
656 echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
657 echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
658 echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
659 echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
660 echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
661 echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
662 echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
663 echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
664 echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
665
666Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
667Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
668
669Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled. When automatic
670video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid,
671docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change
672automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering
673and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching,
674the flickering or video corruption can be avoided.
675
676The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs
78f81cc4 677(it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
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679Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls
680whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a
681mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current
682video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature.
683
684Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics
685chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents
686Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching
687features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as
688Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work.
689
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690UPDATE: There's now a patch for the X.org Radeon driver which
691addresses this issue. Some people are reporting success with the patch
692while others are still having problems. For more information:
693
694https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000
695
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696ThinkLight control
697------------------
698
699procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/light
700sysfs attributes: as per led class, for the "tpacpi::thinklight" led
701
702procfs notes:
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704The ThinkLight status can be read and set through the procfs interface. A
705few models which do not make the status available will show the ThinkLight
706status as "unknown". The available commands are:
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707
708 echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
709 echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
710
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711sysfs notes:
712
713The ThinkLight sysfs interface is documented by the led class
714documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt. The ThinkLight led name
715is "tpacpi::thinklight".
716
717Due to limitations in the sysfs led class, if the status of the thinklight
718cannot be read or if it is unknown, thinkpad-acpi will report it as "off".
719It is impossible to know if the status returned through sysfs is valid.
720
78f81cc4 721Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
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722------------------------------------------
723
724Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some
725actions to be taken by the operating system to safely make or break
726the electrical connections with the dock.
727
728The docking feature of this driver generates the following ACPI events:
729
730 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000001 -- eject request
731 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000002 -- undocked
732 ibm/dock GDCK 00000000 00000003 -- docked
733
734NOTE: These events will only be generated if the laptop was docked
735when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for
736hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was
737booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the
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738logs:
739
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741
742In this case, no dock-related events are generated but the dock and
743undock commands described below still work. They can be executed
744manually or triggered by Fn key combinations (see the example acpid
745configuration files included in the driver tarball package available
746on the web site).
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747
748When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event
749above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the
750following command:
751
752 echo undock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
753
754After the LED on the dock goes off, it is safe to eject the laptop.
755Note: if you pressed this key by mistake, go ahead and eject the
756laptop, then dock it back in. Otherwise, the dock may not function as
757expected.
758
759When the laptop is docked, the third event above is generated. The
760handler for this event should issue the following command to fully
761enable the dock:
762
763 echo dock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
764
765The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock file shows the current status
766of the dock, as provided by the ACPI framework.
767
768The docking support in this driver does not take care of enabling or
769disabling any other devices you may have attached to the dock. For
770example, a CD drive plugged into the UltraBase needs to be disabled or
771enabled separately. See the provided example acpid configuration files
772for how this can be accomplished.
773
774There is no support yet for PCI devices that may be attached to a
775docking station, e.g. in the ThinkPad Dock II. The driver currently
776does not recognize, enable or disable such devices. This means that
777the only docking stations currently supported are the X-series
778UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the
779latter don't need any ACPI support, actually).
780
78f81cc4 781UltraBay eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
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783
784Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be
785taken by the operating system to safely make or break the electrical
786connections with the device.
787
788This feature generates the following ACPI events:
789
790 ibm/bay MSTR 00000003 00000000 -- eject request
791 ibm/bay MSTR 00000001 00000000 -- eject lever inserted
792
793NOTE: These events will only be generated if the UltraBay was present
794when the laptop was originally booted (on the X series, the UltraBay
795is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked).
796This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices
797in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the
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798UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs:
799
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801
802In this case, no bay-related events are generated but the eject
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803command described below still works. It can be executed manually or
804triggered by a hot key combination.
805
806Sliding the eject lever generates the first event shown above. The
807handler for this event should take whatever actions are necessary to
808shut down the device in the UltraBay (e.g. call idectl), then issue
809the following command:
810
811 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
812
813After the LED on the UltraBay goes off, it is safe to pull out the
814device.
815
816When the eject lever is inserted, the second event above is
817generated. The handler for this event should take whatever actions are
818necessary to enable the UltraBay device (e.g. call idectl).
819
820The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status
821of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework.
822
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823EXPERIMENTAL warm eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x (To use
824this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when
825loading the module):
826
827These models do not have a button near the UltraBay device to request
828a hot eject but rather require the laptop to be put to sleep
829(suspend-to-ram) before the bay device is ejected or inserted).
830The sequence of steps to eject the device is as follows:
831
832 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
833 put the ThinkPad to sleep
834 remove the drive
835 resume from sleep
836 cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bay should show that the drive was removed
837
838On the A3x, both the UltraBay 2000 and UltraBay Plus devices are
839supported. Use "eject2" instead of "eject" for the second bay.
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841Note: the UltraBay eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x is
842EXPERIMENTAL and may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION!
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844CMOS control
845------------
846
847procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
848sysfs device attribute: cmos_command
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850This feature is mostly used internally by the ACPI firmware to keep the legacy
851CMOS NVRAM bits in sync with the current machine state, and to record this
852state so that the ThinkPad will retain such settings across reboots.
853
854Some of these commands actually perform actions in some ThinkPad models, but
855this is expected to disappear more and more in newer models. As an example, in
856a T43 and in a X40, commands 12 and 13 still control the ThinkLight state for
857real, but commands 0 to 2 don't control the mixer anymore (they have been
858phased out) and just update the NVRAM.
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860The range of valid cmos command numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an
861effect and the behavior varies from model to model. Here is the behavior
862on the X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility):
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864 0 - Related to "Volume down" key press
865 1 - Related to "Volume up" key press
866 2 - Related to "Mute on" key press
867 3 - Related to "Access IBM" key press
d0788cfb 868 4 - Related to "LCD brightness up" key press
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869 5 - Related to "LCD brightness down" key press
870 11 - Related to "toggle screen expansion" key press/function
871 12 - Related to "ThinkLight on"
872 13 - Related to "ThinkLight off"
d0788cfb 873 14 - Related to "ThinkLight" key press (toggle ThinkLight)
1da177e4 874
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876in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer. Do not use it, it is
877exported just as a debug tool.
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879LED control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/led
880---------------------------------
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881
882Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. The
883available commands are:
884
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885 echo '<led number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
886 echo '<led number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
887 echo '<led number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
1da177e4 888
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889The <led number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be
890controlled varies from model to model. Here is the mapping on the X40:
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891
892 0 - power
893 1 - battery (orange)
894 2 - battery (green)
895 3 - UltraBase
896 4 - UltraBay
897 7 - standby
898
899All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink.
900
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901ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
902----------------------------------
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903
904The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide
78f81cc4 905audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same
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906sounds to be triggered manually.
907
908The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
909
78f81cc4 910 echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
1da177e4 911
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912The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds
913and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
914X40:
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917 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery")
1da177e4 918 3 - single beep
78f81cc4 919 4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable")
1da177e4 920 5 - single beep
78f81cc4 921 6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC")
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922 7 - high-pitched beep
923 9 - three short beeps
924 10 - very long beep
925 12 - low-pitched beep
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926 15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0
927 16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17
928 17 - stop 16
929
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930Temperature sensors
931-------------------
932
933procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
7fd40029 934sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") temp*_input
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936Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only
937expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods. This
938feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older
939ThinkPads, and up to sixteen different sensors on newer ThinkPads.
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941For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
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942temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
943
3d6f99ca 944On the T43/p, a typical output may be:
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945temperatures: 48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128
946
947The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on
948system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model).
949
950http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that
951tries to track down these locations for various models.
952
953Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern:
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9551: CPU
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9562: (depends on model)
9573: (depends on model)
78f81cc4 9584: GPU
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9595: Main battery: main sensor
9606: Bay battery: main sensor
9617: Main battery: secondary sensor
9628: Bay battery: secondary sensor
9639-15: (depends on model)
964
965For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber):
9662: Mini-PCI
9673: Internal HDD
968
969For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org)
970http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p
9712: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp
9723: PCMCIA slot
9739: MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus
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97410: Clock-generator, mini-pci card and ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI
975 card, under touchpad
60eb0b35 97611: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key
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978The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors
979(source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31)
9801: CPU
9812: Main Battery: main sensor
9823: Power Converter
9834: Bay Battery: main sensor
9845: MCH (northbridge)
9856: PCMCIA/ambient
9867: Main Battery: secondary sensor
9878: Bay Battery: secondary sensor
988
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990Procfs notes:
991 Readings from sensors that are not available return -128.
992 No commands can be written to this file.
993
994Sysfs notes:
995 Sensors that are not available return the ENXIO error. This
996 status may change at runtime, as there are hotplug thermal
997 sensors, like those inside the batteries and docks.
998
999 thinkpad-acpi thermal sensors are reported through the hwmon
1000 subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at
1001 Documentation/hwmon.
1002
1003
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1005------------------------------------------------------------------------
1006
1007This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
1008directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
1009WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
1010experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
1011
1012This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller
1013registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers
1014were dumped are marked with a star:
1015
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1017EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
1018EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
1019EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
1020EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
1021EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
1022EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
1023EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc
1024EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1025EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80
1026EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
1027EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1028EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00
1029EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1030EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1031EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1032EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
1033EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
1034
1035This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan
1036speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
1037
1038 - make sure the battery is fully charged
1039 - make sure the fan is running
1040 - run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so
1041
1042The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't
1043vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since
1044the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the
1045fan register with a star:
1046
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1048EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
1049EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
1050EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
1051EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
1052EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
1053EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
1054EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc
1055EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1056EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80
1057EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
1058EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1059EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00
1060EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1061EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1062EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1063EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
1064EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
1065
1066Another set of values that varies often is the temperature
1067readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
1068several quick dumps to eliminate them.
1069
1070You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other
1071embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes
1072except the charging or discharging battery to determine which
1073registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
1074with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
1075a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
1076
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1078----------------------
1079
1080procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1081sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen"
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1083This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
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1084models which don't have a hardware brightness slider.
1085
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1086It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned on or
1087off by this interface, and in many ThinkPad models, the "dim while on
1088battery" functionality will be enabled by the BIOS when this interface is
1089used, and cannot be controlled.
1090
1091On IBM (and some of the earlier Lenovo) ThinkPads, the backlight control
1092has eight brightness levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the levels
1093may not be distinct. Later Lenovo models that implement the ACPI
1094display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging
1095from 0 to 15.
1096
1097There are two interfaces to the firmware for direct brightness control,
1098EC and CMOS. To select which one should be used, use the
1099brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode,
1100brightness_mode=2 selects CMOS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects both EC
d0788cfb 1101and CMOS. The driver tries to auto-detect which interface to use.
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1103When display backlight brightness controls are available through the
1104standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct
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1105ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native
1106backlight brightness control interface if it detects that the standard
1107ACPI interface is available in the ThinkPad.
24d3b774 1108
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1110the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available.
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1111brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled. brightness_enable=1
1112forces it to be enabled when available, even if the standard ACPI
1113interface is also available.
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1115Procfs notes:
1116
1117 The available commands are:
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1118
1119 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1120 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1121 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1122
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1123Sysfs notes:
1124
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1125The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is
1126poorly documented at this time.
7d5a015e 1127
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1128Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside
1129it there will be the following attributes:
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1130
1131 max_brightness:
1132 Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to.
1133 The minimum is always zero.
1134
1135 actual_brightness:
1136 Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant.
1137
1138 brightness:
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1139 Writes request the driver to change brightness to the
1140 given value. Reads will tell you what brightness the
1141 driver is trying to set the display to when "power" is set
1142 to zero and the display has not been dimmed by a kernel
1143 power management event.
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1144
1145 power:
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1146 power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3
1147 will dim the display backlight to brightness level 0
1148 because thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight
1149 off. Kernel power management events can temporarily
1150 increase the current power management level, i.e. they can
1151 dim the display.
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1154WARNING:
1155
1156 Whatever you do, do NOT ever call thinkpad-acpi backlight-level change
1157 interface and the ACPI-based backlight level change interface
1158 (available on newer BIOSes, and driven by the Linux ACPI video driver)
1159 at the same time. The two will interact in bad ways, do funny things,
1160 and maybe reduce the life of the backlight lamps by needlessly kicking
1161 its level up and down at every change.
1162
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1163Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1164---------------------------------------
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1165
1166This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
1167a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
1168
1169 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1170 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1171 echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1172 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1173
1174The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be
1175distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
1176up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume).
1177The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file.
1178
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1179Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
1180---------------------------------------------------------
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1181
1182procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
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1183sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") fan1_input, pwm1,
1184 pwm1_enable
1185sysfs hwmon driver attributes: fan_watchdog
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1187NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for
1188safety reasons. To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1"
1189must be given to thinkpad-acpi.
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1191This feature attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and
1192other fan data that might be available. The speed is read directly
1193from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known
ecf2a80a 1194to work on later R, T, X and Z series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
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1195value on other models.
1196
fe98a52c 1197Fan levels:
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1199Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface. Level 0
1200stops the fan. The higher the level, the higher the fan speed, although
1201adjacent levels often map to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest
1202level, where the fan reaches the maximum recommended speed.
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1204Level "auto" means the EC changes the fan level according to some
1205internal algorithm, usually based on readings from the thermal sensors.
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1207There is also a "full-speed" level, also known as "disengaged" level.
1208In this level, the EC disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control,
1209and drives the fan as fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware
1210limits, so use this level with caution.
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1212The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another, and
1213it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
1214commands. The full-speed level may take up to two minutes to ramp up to
1215maximum speed, and in some ThinkPads, the tachometer readings go stale
1216while the EC is transitioning to the full-speed level.
a12095c2 1217
78f81cc4 1218WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
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1219monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
1220enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
1221
1222An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
1223ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow. This is
01dd2fbf 1224normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the various thermal readings
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1225rise too much.
1226
1227On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
1228Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature
1229climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees. The
1230fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the
1231HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot
1232currently be controlled.
1233
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1234The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
1235certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done
1236through thinkpad-acpi.
1237
1238The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
1239level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the procfs
1240fan commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog", or if there
1241are no writes to pwm1_enable (or to pwm1 *if and only if* pwm1_enable is
1242set to 1, manual mode) within a configurable amount of time of up to
1243120 seconds. This functionality is called fan safety watchdog.
1244
1245Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will be
1246rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of the
1247above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is,
1248therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made through
1249means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" procfs fan
1250commands, or the hwmon fan control sysfs interface.
1251
1252Procfs notes:
1253
1254The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:
1255
1256 echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1257 echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1258
1259Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan
1260will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.
1261
a12095c2 1262The fan level can be controlled with the command:
78f81cc4 1263
fe98a52c 1264 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
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1266Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto" or
1267"full-speed" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the "auto"
1268and "full-speed" levels. The driver accepts "disengaged" as an alias for
1269"full-speed", and reports it as "disengaged" for backwards
1270compatibility.
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1271
1272On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be
fe98a52c 1273controlled to a certain degree. Once the fan is running, it can be
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1274forced to run faster or slower with the following command:
1275
fe98a52c 1276 echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
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1278The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from about
12793700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have any
1280effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that range. The
1281fan cannot be stopped or started with this command. This functionality
1282is incomplete, and not available through the sysfs interface.
78f81cc4 1283
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1284To program the safety watchdog, use the "watchdog" command.
1285
1286 echo 'watchdog <interval in seconds>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1287
1288If you want to disable the watchdog, use 0 as the interval.
1289
1290Sysfs notes:
1291
1292The sysfs interface follows the hwmon subsystem guidelines for the most
1293part, and the exception is the fan safety watchdog.
1294
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1295Writes to any of the sysfs attributes may return the EINVAL error if
1296that operation is not supported in a given ThinkPad or if the parameter
1297is out-of-bounds, and EPERM if it is forbidden. They may also return
1298EINTR (interrupted system call), and EIO (I/O error while trying to talk
1299to the firmware).
1300
1301Features not yet implemented by the driver return ENOSYS.
1302
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1303hwmon device attribute pwm1_enable:
1304 0: PWM offline (fan is set to full-speed mode)
1305 1: Manual PWM control (use pwm1 to set fan level)
1306 2: Hardware PWM control (EC "auto" mode)
1307 3: reserved (Software PWM control, not implemented yet)
1308
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1309 Modes 0 and 2 are not supported by all ThinkPads, and the
1310 driver is not always able to detect this. If it does know a
1311 mode is unsupported, it will return -EINVAL.
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1312
1313hwmon device attribute pwm1:
1314 Fan level, scaled from the firmware values of 0-7 to the hwmon
1315 scale of 0-255. 0 means fan stopped, 255 means highest normal
1316 speed (level 7).
1317
1318 This attribute only commands the fan if pmw1_enable is set to 1
1319 (manual PWM control).
1320
1321hwmon device attribute fan1_input:
1322 Fan tachometer reading, in RPM. May go stale on certain
1323 ThinkPads while the EC transitions the PWM to offline mode,
1324 which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older
1325 ThinkPads.
1326
7fd40029 1327hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog:
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1328 Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is
1329 1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog.
1330
1331To stop the fan: set pwm1 to zero, and pwm1_enable to 1.
1332
1333To start the fan in a safe mode: set pwm1_enable to 2. If that fails
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1334with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255
1335would be the safest choice, though).
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1338EXPERIMENTAL: WAN
1339-----------------
1340
1341procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
cc4c24e1 1342sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable
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1343
1344This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
1345directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
1346WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
1347experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
1348
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1349This feature shows the presence and current state of a W-WAN (Sierra
1350Wireless EV-DO) device.
1351
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1352It was tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad X60. It should probably work on other
1353ThinkPad models which come with this module installed.
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1354
1355Procfs notes:
1356
1357If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used:
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1358
1359 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1360 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1361
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1362Sysfs notes:
1363
1364 If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled /
cc4c24e1 1365 disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
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1366 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
1367
1368 enable:
1369 0: disables WWAN card / WWAN card is disabled
1370 1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled.
1371
d0788cfb 1372 Note: this interface will be probably be superseded by the
cc4c24e1 1373 generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet.
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1375Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
1376------------------------------------
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1377
1378Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by
1379separating them with commas, for example:
1380
1381 echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
1382 echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
1383
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1384Commands can also be specified when loading the thinkpad-acpi module,
1385for example:
1da177e4 1386
643f12db 1387 modprobe thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
1da177e4 1388
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1389Enabling debugging output
1390-------------------------
1391
0f035b8e 1392The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively
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1393enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
1394
5f24927f 1395 modprobe thinkpad_acpi debug=0xffff
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1396
1397will enable all debugging output classes. It takes a bitmask, so
1398to enable more than one output class, just add their values.
1399
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1400 Debug bitmask Description
1401 0x0001 Initialization and probing
1402 0x0002 Removal
1403
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1404There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging
1405information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems.
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1407The level of debugging information output by the driver can be changed
1408at runtime through sysfs, using the driver attribute debug_level. The
1409attribute takes the same bitmask as the debug module parameter above.
1410
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1411Force loading of module
1412-----------------------
1413
1414If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify
1415the module parameter force_load=1. Regardless of whether this works or
1416not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report.
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1417
1418
1419Sysfs interface changelog:
1420
14210x000100: Initial sysfs support, as a single platform driver and
1422 device.
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14230x000200: Hot key support for 32 hot keys, and radio slider switch
1424 support.
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14250x010000: Hot keys are now handled by default over the input
1426 layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO,
1427 and the driver enables hot key handling by default in
1428 the firmware.
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1429
14300x020000: ABI fix: added a separate hwmon platform device and
1431 driver, which must be located by name (thinkpad)
1432 and the hwmon class for libsensors4 (lm-sensors 3)
1433 compatibility. Moved all hwmon attributes to this
1434 new platform device.
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1435
14360x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
1437 support. If you must, use it to know you should not
1438 start an userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
1439 NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is
1440 unneeded/undesired in the first place).
14410x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
d0788cfb 1442 and proper hotkey_mask semantics (version 8 of the
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1443 NVRAM polling patch). Some development snapshots of
1444 0.18 had an earlier version that did strange things
1445 to hotkey_mask.
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1446
14470x020200: Add poll()/select() support to the following attributes:
1448 hotkey_radio_sw, wakeup_hotunplug_complete, wakeup_reason