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643f12db | 1 | ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver |
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b856f5b8 HMH |
3 | Version 0.17 |
4 | October 04th, 2007 | |
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5 | |
6 | Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net> | |
c78d5c96 HMH |
7 | Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> |
8 | http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/ | |
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9 | |
10 | ||
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11 | This is a Linux driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It |
12 | supports various features of these laptops which are accessible | |
13 | through the ACPI and ACPI EC framework, but not otherwise fully | |
14 | supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers. | |
15 | ||
16 | This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release | |
17 | 0.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was | |
18 | moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel | |
19 | 2.6.22, and release 0.14. | |
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20 | |
21 | ||
22 | Status | |
23 | ------ | |
24 | ||
25 | The features currently supported are the following (see below for | |
26 | detailed description): | |
27 | ||
28 | - Fn key combinations | |
29 | - Bluetooth enable and disable | |
837ca6dd | 30 | - video output switching, expansion control |
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31 | - ThinkLight on and off |
32 | - limited docking and undocking | |
33 | - UltraBay eject | |
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34 | - CMOS control |
35 | - LED control | |
36 | - ACPI sounds | |
37 | - temperature sensors | |
38 | - Experimental: embedded controller register dump | |
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39 | - LCD brightness control |
40 | - Volume control | |
ecf2a80a | 41 | - Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable |
28b779d1 | 42 | - Experimental: WAN enable and disable |
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43 | |
44 | A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web | |
45 | site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure | |
46 | reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table. | |
47 | Please include the following information in your report: | |
48 | ||
49 | - ThinkPad model name | |
50 | - a copy of your DSDT, from /proc/acpi/dsdt | |
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51 | - a copy of the output of dmidecode, with serial numbers |
52 | and UUIDs masked off | |
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53 | - which driver features work and which don't |
54 | - the observed behavior of non-working features | |
55 | ||
56 | Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome. | |
57 | ||
58 | ||
59 | Installation | |
60 | ------------ | |
61 | ||
62 | If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel | |
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63 | sources, simply enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI option, and optionally |
64 | enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY option if you want the | |
65 | thinkpad-specific bay functionality. | |
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66 | |
67 | Features | |
68 | -------- | |
69 | ||
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70 | The driver exports two different interfaces to userspace, which can be |
71 | used to access the features it provides. One is a legacy procfs-based | |
72 | interface, which will be removed at some time in the distant future. | |
73 | The other is a new sysfs-based interface which is not complete yet. | |
74 | ||
75 | The procfs interface creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory. There is a | |
76 | file under that directory for each feature it supports. The procfs | |
77 | interface is mostly frozen, and will change very little if at all: it | |
78 | will not be extended to add any new functionality in the driver, instead | |
79 | all new functionality will be implemented on the sysfs interface. | |
80 | ||
81 | The sysfs interface tries to blend in the generic Linux sysfs subsystems | |
82 | and classes as much as possible. Since some of these subsystems are not | |
83 | yet ready or stabilized, it is expected that this interface will change, | |
84 | and any and all userspace programs must deal with it. | |
85 | ||
86 | ||
87 | Notes about the sysfs interface: | |
88 | ||
89 | Unlike what was done with the procfs interface, correctness when talking | |
90 | to the sysfs interfaces will be enforced, as will correctness in the | |
91 | thinkpad-acpi's implementation of sysfs interfaces. | |
92 | ||
93 | Also, any bugs in the thinkpad-acpi sysfs driver code or in the | |
94 | thinkpad-acpi's implementation of the sysfs interfaces will be fixed for | |
95 | maximum correctness, even if that means changing an interface in | |
96 | non-compatible ways. As these interfaces mature both in the kernel and | |
97 | in thinkpad-acpi, such changes should become quite rare. | |
98 | ||
99 | Applications interfacing to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interfaces must | |
100 | follow all sysfs guidelines and correctly process all errors (the sysfs | |
101 | interface makes extensive use of errors). File descriptors and open / | |
102 | close operations to the sysfs inodes must also be properly implemented. | |
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104 | The version of thinkpad-acpi's sysfs interface is exported by the driver |
105 | as a driver attribute (see below). | |
106 | ||
107 | Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space, | |
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108 | for 2.6.23 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/ and |
109 | /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_hwmon/ | |
176750d6 | 110 | |
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111 | Sysfs device attributes are on the thinkpad_acpi device sysfs attribute |
112 | space, for 2.6.23 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/. | |
113 | ||
114 | Sysfs device attributes for the sensors and fan are on the | |
115 | thinkpad_hwmon device's sysfs attribute space, but you should locate it | |
116 | looking for a hwmon device with the name attribute of "thinkpad". | |
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117 | |
118 | Driver version | |
119 | -------------- | |
120 | ||
121 | procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/driver | |
122 | sysfs driver attribute: version | |
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123 | |
124 | The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file. | |
125 | ||
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126 | Sysfs interface version |
127 | ----------------------- | |
128 | ||
129 | sysfs driver attribute: interface_version | |
130 | ||
131 | Version of the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface, as an unsigned long | |
132 | (output in hex format: 0xAAAABBCC), where: | |
133 | AAAA - major revision | |
134 | BB - minor revision | |
135 | CC - bugfix revision | |
136 | ||
137 | The sysfs interface version changelog for the driver can be found at the | |
138 | end of this document. Changes to the sysfs interface done by the kernel | |
139 | subsystems are not documented here, nor are they tracked by this | |
140 | attribute. | |
141 | ||
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142 | Changes to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface are only considered |
143 | non-experimental when they are submitted to Linux mainline, at which | |
144 | point the changes in this interface are documented and interface_version | |
145 | may be updated. If you are using any thinkpad-acpi features not yet | |
146 | sent to mainline for merging, you do so on your own risk: these features | |
147 | may disappear, or be implemented in a different and incompatible way by | |
148 | the time they are merged in Linux mainline. | |
149 | ||
150 | Changes that are backwards-compatible by nature (e.g. the addition of | |
151 | attributes that do not change the way the other attributes work) do not | |
152 | always warrant an update of interface_version. Therefore, one must | |
153 | expect that an attribute might not be there, and deal with it properly | |
154 | (an attribute not being there *is* a valid way to make it clear that a | |
155 | feature is not available in sysfs). | |
156 | ||
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157 | Hot keys |
158 | -------- | |
159 | ||
160 | procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey | |
cc4c24e1 | 161 | sysfs device attribute: hotkey_* |
1da177e4 | 162 | |
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163 | In a ThinkPad, the ACPI HKEY handler is responsible for comunicating |
164 | some important events and also keyboard hot key presses to the operating | |
165 | system. Enabling the hotkey functionality of thinkpad-acpi signals the | |
166 | firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad | |
167 | firmware will behave in many situations. | |
168 | ||
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169 | The driver enables the hot key feature automatically when loaded. The |
170 | feature can later be disabled and enabled back at runtime. The driver | |
171 | will also restore the hot key feature to its previous state and mask | |
172 | when it is unloaded. | |
173 | ||
1a343760 | 174 | When the hotkey feature is enabled and the hot key mask is set (see |
ff80f137 | 175 | below), the driver will report HKEY events in the following format: |
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176 | |
177 | ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx | |
178 | ||
ff80f137 | 179 | Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all. |
6a38abbf | 180 | |
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181 | The driver will generate events over the input layer for hot keys and |
182 | radio switches, and over the ACPI netlink layer for other events. The | |
183 | input layer support accepts the standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes | |
184 | assigned to each hot key. | |
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185 | |
186 | The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate | |
187 | events. If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware | |
188 | will handle it. If it is "unmasked", it signals the firmware that | |
189 | thinkpad-acpi would prefer to handle it, if the firmware would be so | |
190 | kind to allow it (and it often doesn't!). | |
191 | ||
192 | Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can be | |
193 | modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled | |
194 | by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all, and in those | |
195 | models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. The behaviour of | |
196 | the mask is, therefore, higly dependent on the ThinkPad model. | |
197 | ||
198 | Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior. For | |
199 | example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable | |
200 | Bluetooth by itself. | |
201 | ||
202 | Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI. | |
203 | For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" buttons | |
204 | do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* be used | |
205 | through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/ | |
1da177e4 | 206 | |
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207 | procfs notes: |
208 | ||
209 | The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file: | |
210 | ||
211 | echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature | |
212 | echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature | |
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213 | echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys |
214 | echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys | |
215 | ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ... | |
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216 | echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask |
217 | ||
218 | sysfs notes: | |
219 | ||
cc4c24e1 | 220 | hotkey_bios_enabled: |
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221 | Returns the status of the hot keys feature when |
222 | thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot | |
223 | key feature status will be restored to this value. | |
224 | ||
225 | 0: hot keys were disabled | |
1a343760 | 226 | 1: hot keys were enabled (unusual) |
a0416420 | 227 | |
cc4c24e1 | 228 | hotkey_bios_mask: |
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229 | Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded. |
230 | Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored | |
231 | to this value. | |
232 | ||
cc4c24e1 | 233 | hotkey_enable: |
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234 | Enables/disables the hot keys feature, and reports |
235 | current status of the hot keys feature. | |
236 | ||
237 | 0: disables the hot keys feature / feature disabled | |
238 | 1: enables the hot keys feature / feature enabled | |
239 | ||
cc4c24e1 | 240 | hotkey_mask: |
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241 | bit mask to enable driver-handling and ACPI event |
242 | generation for each hot key (see above). Returns the | |
243 | current status of the hot keys mask, and allows one to | |
244 | modify it. | |
a0416420 | 245 | |
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246 | hotkey_all_mask: |
247 | bit mask that should enable event reporting for all | |
248 | supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above. | |
249 | Unless you know which events need to be handled | |
250 | passively (because the firmware *will* handle them | |
251 | anyway), do *not* use hotkey_all_mask. Use | |
252 | hotkey_recommended_mask, instead. You have been warned. | |
253 | ||
254 | hotkey_recommended_mask: | |
255 | bit mask that should enable event reporting for all | |
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256 | supported hot keys, except those which are always |
257 | handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to | |
258 | hotkey_mask above, to use. | |
9b010de5 | 259 | |
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260 | hotkey_radio_sw: |
261 | if the ThinkPad has a hardware radio switch, this | |
262 | attribute will read 0 if the switch is in the "radios | |
263 | disabled" postition, and 1 if the switch is in the | |
264 | "radios enabled" position. | |
265 | ||
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266 | hotkey_report_mode: |
267 | Returns the state of the procfs ACPI event report mode | |
268 | filter for hot keys. If it is set to 1 (the default), | |
269 | all hot key presses are reported both through the input | |
270 | layer and also as ACPI events through procfs (but not | |
271 | through netlink). If it is set to 2, hot key presses | |
272 | are reported only through the input layer. | |
273 | ||
274 | This attribute is read-only in kernels 2.6.23 or later, | |
275 | and read-write on earlier kernels. | |
276 | ||
277 | May return -EPERM (write access locked out by module | |
278 | parameter) or -EACCES (read-only). | |
279 | ||
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280 | input layer notes: |
281 | ||
282 | A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly | |
283 | followed by an EV_MSC MSC_SCAN event that shall contain that key's scan | |
284 | code. An EV_SYN event will always be generated to mark the end of the | |
285 | event block. | |
286 | ||
287 | Do not use the EV_MSC MSC_SCAN events to process keys. They are to be | |
288 | used as a helper to remap keys, only. They are particularly useful when | |
289 | remapping KEY_UNKNOWN keys. | |
290 | ||
291 | The events are available in an input device, with the following id: | |
292 | ||
293 | Bus: BUS_HOST | |
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294 | vendor: 0x1014 (PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM) or |
295 | 0x17aa (PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO) | |
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296 | product: 0x5054 ("TP") |
297 | version: 0x4101 | |
298 | ||
299 | The version will have its LSB incremented if the keymap changes in a | |
300 | backwards-compatible way. The MSB shall always be 0x41 for this input | |
301 | device. If the MSB is not 0x41, do not use the device as described in | |
302 | this section, as it is either something else (e.g. another input device | |
303 | exported by a thinkpad driver, such as HDAPS) or its functionality has | |
304 | been changed in a non-backwards compatible way. | |
305 | ||
306 | Adding other event types for other functionalities shall be considered a | |
307 | backwards-compatible change for this input device. | |
308 | ||
309 | Thinkpad-acpi Hot Key event map (version 0x4101): | |
310 | ||
311 | ACPI Scan | |
312 | event code Key Notes | |
313 | ||
314 | 0x1001 0x00 FN+F1 - | |
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315 | 0x1002 0x01 FN+F2 IBM: battery (rare) |
316 | Lenovo: Screen lock | |
6a38abbf | 317 | |
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318 | 0x1003 0x02 FN+F3 Many IBM models always report |
319 | this hot key, even with hot keys | |
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320 | disabled or with Fn+F3 masked |
321 | off | |
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322 | IBM: screen lock |
323 | Lenovo: battery | |
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324 | |
325 | 0x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button | |
326 | semanthics, i.e. sleep-to-RAM). | |
327 | It is always generate some kind | |
328 | of event, either the hot key | |
329 | event or a ACPI sleep button | |
330 | event. The firmware may | |
331 | refuse to generate further FN+F4 | |
332 | key presses until a S3 or S4 ACPI | |
333 | sleep cycle is performed or some | |
334 | time passes. | |
335 | ||
336 | 0x1005 0x04 FN+F5 Radio. Enables/disables | |
337 | the internal BlueTooth hardware | |
338 | and W-WAN card if left in control | |
339 | of the firmware. Does not affect | |
340 | the WLAN card. | |
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341 | Should be used to turn on/off all |
342 | radios (bluetooth+W-WAN+WLAN), | |
343 | really. | |
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344 | |
345 | 0x1006 0x05 FN+F6 - | |
346 | ||
347 | 0x1007 0x06 FN+F7 Video output cycle. | |
348 | Do you feel lucky today? | |
349 | ||
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350 | 0x1008 0x07 FN+F8 IBM: toggle screen expand |
351 | Lenovo: configure ultranav | |
352 | ||
353 | 0x1009 0x08 FN+F9 - | |
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354 | .. .. .. |
355 | 0x100B 0x0A FN+F11 - | |
356 | ||
357 | 0x100C 0x0B FN+F12 Sleep to disk. You are always | |
358 | supposed to handle it yourself, | |
359 | either through the ACPI event, | |
360 | or through a hotkey event. | |
361 | The firmware may refuse to | |
362 | generate further FN+F4 key | |
363 | press events until a S3 or S4 | |
364 | ACPI sleep cycle is performed, | |
365 | or some time passes. | |
366 | ||
367 | 0x100D 0x0C FN+BACKSPACE - | |
368 | 0x100E 0x0D FN+INSERT - | |
369 | 0x100F 0x0E FN+DELETE - | |
370 | ||
371 | 0x1010 0x0F FN+HOME Brightness up. This key is | |
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372 | always handled by the firmware |
373 | in IBM ThinkPads, even when | |
374 | unmasked. Just leave it alone. | |
375 | For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new | |
376 | BIOS, it has to be handled either | |
377 | by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace. | |
378 | 0x1011 0x10 FN+END Brightness down. See brightness | |
379 | up for details. | |
380 | ||
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381 | 0x1012 0x11 FN+PGUP Thinklight toggle. This key is |
382 | always handled by the firmware, | |
383 | even when unmasked. | |
384 | ||
385 | 0x1013 0x12 FN+PGDOWN - | |
386 | ||
387 | 0x1014 0x13 FN+SPACE Zoom key | |
388 | ||
389 | 0x1015 0x14 VOLUME UP Internal mixer volume up. This | |
390 | key is always handled by the | |
391 | firmware, even when unmasked. | |
edf0e0e5 HMH |
392 | NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing |
393 | this. | |
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394 | 0x1016 0x15 VOLUME DOWN Internal mixer volume up. This |
395 | key is always handled by the | |
396 | firmware, even when unmasked. | |
edf0e0e5 HMH |
397 | NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing |
398 | this. | |
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399 | 0x1017 0x16 MUTE Mute internal mixer. This |
400 | key is always handled by the | |
401 | firmware, even when unmasked. | |
402 | ||
403 | 0x1018 0x17 THINKPAD Thinkpad/Access IBM/Lenovo key | |
404 | ||
405 | 0x1019 0x18 unknown | |
406 | .. .. .. | |
407 | 0x1020 0x1F unknown | |
408 | ||
409 | The ThinkPad firmware does not allow one to differentiate when most hot | |
410 | keys are pressed or released (either that, or we don't know how to, yet). | |
411 | For these keys, the driver generates a set of events for a key press and | |
412 | immediately issues the same set of events for a key release. It is | |
413 | unknown by the driver if the ThinkPad firmware triggered these events on | |
414 | hot key press or release, but the firmware will do it for either one, not | |
415 | both. | |
416 | ||
ff80f137 | 417 | If a key is mapped to KEY_RESERVED, it generates no input events at all. |
6a38abbf | 418 | If a key is mapped to KEY_UNKNOWN, it generates an input event that |
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419 | includes an scan code. If a key is mapped to anything else, it will |
420 | generate input device EV_KEY events. | |
6a38abbf | 421 | |
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422 | Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map: |
423 | 0x5001 Lid closed | |
424 | 0x5002 Lid opened | |
425 | 0x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state | |
426 | ||
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427 | The above events are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy |
428 | compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1. | |
429 | ||
430 | Compatibility notes: | |
431 | ||
432 | ibm-acpi and thinkpad-acpi 0.15 (mainline kernels before 2.6.23) never | |
433 | supported the input layer, and sent events over the procfs ACPI event | |
434 | interface. | |
435 | ||
436 | To avoid sending duplicate events over the input layer and the ACPI | |
437 | event interface, thinkpad-acpi 0.16 implements a module parameter | |
438 | (hotkey_report_mode), and also a sysfs device attribute with the same | |
439 | name. | |
440 | ||
441 | Make no mistake here: userspace is expected to switch to using the input | |
442 | layer interface of thinkpad-acpi, together with the ACPI netlink event | |
443 | interface in kernels 2.6.23 and later, or with the ACPI procfs event | |
444 | interface in kernels 2.6.22 and earlier. | |
445 | ||
446 | If no hotkey_report_mode module parameter is specified (or it is set to | |
447 | zero), the driver defaults to mode 1 (see below), and on kernels 2.6.22 | |
448 | and earlier, also allows one to change the hotkey_report_mode through | |
449 | sysfs. In kernels 2.6.23 and later, where the netlink ACPI event | |
450 | interface is available, hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed through | |
451 | sysfs (it is read-only). | |
452 | ||
453 | If the hotkey_report_mode module parameter is set to 1 or 2, it cannot | |
454 | be changed later through sysfs (any writes will return -EPERM to signal | |
455 | that hotkey_report_mode was locked. On 2.6.23 and later, where | |
456 | hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed at all, writes will return -EACES). | |
457 | ||
458 | hotkey_report_mode set to 1 makes the driver export through the procfs | |
459 | ACPI event interface all hot key presses (which are *also* sent to the | |
460 | input layer). This is a legacy compatibility behaviour, and it is also | |
461 | the default mode of operation for the driver. | |
462 | ||
463 | hotkey_report_mode set to 2 makes the driver filter out the hot key | |
464 | presses from the procfs ACPI event interface, so these events will only | |
465 | be sent through the input layer. Userspace that has been updated to use | |
466 | the thinkpad-acpi input layer interface should set hotkey_report_mode to | |
467 | 2. | |
468 | ||
469 | Hot key press events are never sent to the ACPI netlink event interface. | |
470 | Really up-to-date userspace under kernel 2.6.23 and later is to use the | |
471 | netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all | |
472 | with hotkey_report_mode. | |
473 | ||
a0416420 | 474 | |
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475 | Bluetooth |
476 | --------- | |
1da177e4 | 477 | |
d3a6ade4 | 478 | procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth |
cc4c24e1 | 479 | sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable |
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480 | |
481 | This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad | |
482 | Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot. | |
483 | ||
484 | Procfs notes: | |
485 | ||
486 | If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used: | |
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487 | |
488 | echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth | |
489 | echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth | |
490 | ||
d3a6ade4 HMH |
491 | Sysfs notes: |
492 | ||
493 | If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled / | |
cc4c24e1 | 494 | disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device |
d3a6ade4 HMH |
495 | attribute, and its current status can also be queried. |
496 | ||
497 | enable: | |
498 | 0: disables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is disabled | |
499 | 1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled. | |
500 | ||
501 | Note: this interface will be probably be superseeded by the | |
cc4c24e1 | 502 | generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet. |
d3a6ade4 | 503 | |
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504 | Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video |
505 | -------------------------------------------- | |
506 | ||
507 | This feature allows control over the devices used for video output - | |
508 | LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available: | |
509 | ||
510 | echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
511 | echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
512 | echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
513 | echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
514 | echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
515 | echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
516 | echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
517 | echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
518 | echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
519 | echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
520 | ||
521 | Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually. | |
522 | Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device. | |
523 | ||
524 | Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled. When automatic | |
525 | video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid, | |
526 | docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change | |
527 | automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering | |
528 | and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching, | |
529 | the flickering or video corruption can be avoided. | |
530 | ||
531 | The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs | |
78f81cc4 | 532 | (it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7). |
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533 | |
534 | Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls | |
535 | whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a | |
536 | mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current | |
537 | video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature. | |
538 | ||
539 | Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics | |
540 | chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents | |
541 | Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching | |
542 | features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as | |
543 | Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work. | |
544 | ||
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545 | UPDATE: There's now a patch for the X.org Radeon driver which |
546 | addresses this issue. Some people are reporting success with the patch | |
547 | while others are still having problems. For more information: | |
548 | ||
549 | https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000 | |
550 | ||
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551 | ThinkLight control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/light |
552 | ------------------------------------------ | |
553 | ||
554 | The current status of the ThinkLight can be found in this file. A few | |
555 | models which do not make the status available will show it as | |
556 | "unknown". The available commands are: | |
557 | ||
558 | echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light | |
559 | echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light | |
560 | ||
78f81cc4 | 561 | Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock |
1da177e4 LT |
562 | ------------------------------------------ |
563 | ||
564 | Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some | |
565 | actions to be taken by the operating system to safely make or break | |
566 | the electrical connections with the dock. | |
567 | ||
568 | The docking feature of this driver generates the following ACPI events: | |
569 | ||
570 | ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000001 -- eject request | |
571 | ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000002 -- undocked | |
572 | ibm/dock GDCK 00000000 00000003 -- docked | |
573 | ||
574 | NOTE: These events will only be generated if the laptop was docked | |
575 | when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for | |
576 | hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was | |
577 | booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the | |
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578 | logs: |
579 | ||
643f12db | 580 | Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: dock device not present |
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581 | |
582 | In this case, no dock-related events are generated but the dock and | |
583 | undock commands described below still work. They can be executed | |
584 | manually or triggered by Fn key combinations (see the example acpid | |
585 | configuration files included in the driver tarball package available | |
586 | on the web site). | |
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587 | |
588 | When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event | |
589 | above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the | |
590 | following command: | |
591 | ||
592 | echo undock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock | |
593 | ||
594 | After the LED on the dock goes off, it is safe to eject the laptop. | |
595 | Note: if you pressed this key by mistake, go ahead and eject the | |
596 | laptop, then dock it back in. Otherwise, the dock may not function as | |
597 | expected. | |
598 | ||
599 | When the laptop is docked, the third event above is generated. The | |
600 | handler for this event should issue the following command to fully | |
601 | enable the dock: | |
602 | ||
603 | echo dock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock | |
604 | ||
605 | The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock file shows the current status | |
606 | of the dock, as provided by the ACPI framework. | |
607 | ||
608 | The docking support in this driver does not take care of enabling or | |
609 | disabling any other devices you may have attached to the dock. For | |
610 | example, a CD drive plugged into the UltraBase needs to be disabled or | |
611 | enabled separately. See the provided example acpid configuration files | |
612 | for how this can be accomplished. | |
613 | ||
614 | There is no support yet for PCI devices that may be attached to a | |
615 | docking station, e.g. in the ThinkPad Dock II. The driver currently | |
616 | does not recognize, enable or disable such devices. This means that | |
617 | the only docking stations currently supported are the X-series | |
618 | UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the | |
619 | latter don't need any ACPI support, actually). | |
620 | ||
78f81cc4 | 621 | UltraBay eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay |
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622 | ------------------------------------ |
623 | ||
624 | Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be | |
625 | taken by the operating system to safely make or break the electrical | |
626 | connections with the device. | |
627 | ||
628 | This feature generates the following ACPI events: | |
629 | ||
630 | ibm/bay MSTR 00000003 00000000 -- eject request | |
631 | ibm/bay MSTR 00000001 00000000 -- eject lever inserted | |
632 | ||
633 | NOTE: These events will only be generated if the UltraBay was present | |
634 | when the laptop was originally booted (on the X series, the UltraBay | |
635 | is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked). | |
636 | This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices | |
637 | in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the | |
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638 | UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs: |
639 | ||
643f12db | 640 | Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: bay device not present |
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641 | |
642 | In this case, no bay-related events are generated but the eject | |
1da177e4 LT |
643 | command described below still works. It can be executed manually or |
644 | triggered by a hot key combination. | |
645 | ||
646 | Sliding the eject lever generates the first event shown above. The | |
647 | handler for this event should take whatever actions are necessary to | |
648 | shut down the device in the UltraBay (e.g. call idectl), then issue | |
649 | the following command: | |
650 | ||
651 | echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay | |
652 | ||
653 | After the LED on the UltraBay goes off, it is safe to pull out the | |
654 | device. | |
655 | ||
656 | When the eject lever is inserted, the second event above is | |
657 | generated. The handler for this event should take whatever actions are | |
658 | necessary to enable the UltraBay device (e.g. call idectl). | |
659 | ||
660 | The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status | |
661 | of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework. | |
662 | ||
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663 | EXPERIMENTAL warm eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x (To use |
664 | this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when | |
665 | loading the module): | |
666 | ||
667 | These models do not have a button near the UltraBay device to request | |
668 | a hot eject but rather require the laptop to be put to sleep | |
669 | (suspend-to-ram) before the bay device is ejected or inserted). | |
670 | The sequence of steps to eject the device is as follows: | |
671 | ||
672 | echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay | |
673 | put the ThinkPad to sleep | |
674 | remove the drive | |
675 | resume from sleep | |
676 | cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bay should show that the drive was removed | |
677 | ||
678 | On the A3x, both the UltraBay 2000 and UltraBay Plus devices are | |
679 | supported. Use "eject2" instead of "eject" for the second bay. | |
1da177e4 | 680 | |
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681 | Note: the UltraBay eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x is |
682 | EXPERIMENTAL and may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! | |
1da177e4 | 683 | |
b616004c HMH |
684 | CMOS control |
685 | ------------ | |
686 | ||
687 | procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos | |
688 | sysfs device attribute: cmos_command | |
1da177e4 | 689 | |
d54b7d7f HMH |
690 | This feature is mostly used internally by the ACPI firmware to keep the legacy |
691 | CMOS NVRAM bits in sync with the current machine state, and to record this | |
692 | state so that the ThinkPad will retain such settings across reboots. | |
693 | ||
694 | Some of these commands actually perform actions in some ThinkPad models, but | |
695 | this is expected to disappear more and more in newer models. As an example, in | |
696 | a T43 and in a X40, commands 12 and 13 still control the ThinkLight state for | |
697 | real, but commands 0 to 2 don't control the mixer anymore (they have been | |
698 | phased out) and just update the NVRAM. | |
1da177e4 | 699 | |
b616004c HMH |
700 | The range of valid cmos command numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an |
701 | effect and the behavior varies from model to model. Here is the behavior | |
702 | on the X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility): | |
1da177e4 | 703 | |
d54b7d7f HMH |
704 | 0 - Related to "Volume down" key press |
705 | 1 - Related to "Volume up" key press | |
706 | 2 - Related to "Mute on" key press | |
707 | 3 - Related to "Access IBM" key press | |
708 | 4 - Related to "LCD brightness up" key pess | |
709 | 5 - Related to "LCD brightness down" key press | |
710 | 11 - Related to "toggle screen expansion" key press/function | |
711 | 12 - Related to "ThinkLight on" | |
712 | 13 - Related to "ThinkLight off" | |
713 | 14 - Related to "ThinkLight" key press (toggle thinklight) | |
1da177e4 | 714 | |
b616004c | 715 | The cmos command interface is prone to firmware split-brain problems, as |
d54b7d7f HMH |
716 | in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer. Do not use it, it is |
717 | exported just as a debug tool. | |
b616004c | 718 | |
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719 | LED control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/led |
720 | --------------------------------- | |
1da177e4 LT |
721 | |
722 | Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. The | |
723 | available commands are: | |
724 | ||
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725 | echo '<led number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led |
726 | echo '<led number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led | |
727 | echo '<led number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led | |
1da177e4 | 728 | |
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729 | The <led number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be |
730 | controlled varies from model to model. Here is the mapping on the X40: | |
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731 | |
732 | 0 - power | |
733 | 1 - battery (orange) | |
734 | 2 - battery (green) | |
735 | 3 - UltraBase | |
736 | 4 - UltraBay | |
737 | 7 - standby | |
738 | ||
739 | All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink. | |
740 | ||
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741 | ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep |
742 | ---------------------------------- | |
1da177e4 LT |
743 | |
744 | The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide | |
78f81cc4 | 745 | audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same |
1da177e4 LT |
746 | sounds to be triggered manually. |
747 | ||
748 | The commands are non-negative integer numbers: | |
749 | ||
78f81cc4 | 750 | echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep |
1da177e4 | 751 | |
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752 | The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds |
753 | and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the | |
754 | X40: | |
1da177e4 | 755 | |
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756 | 0 - stop a sound in progress (but use 17 to stop 16) |
757 | 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery") | |
1da177e4 | 758 | 3 - single beep |
78f81cc4 | 759 | 4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable") |
1da177e4 | 760 | 5 - single beep |
78f81cc4 | 761 | 6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC") |
1da177e4 LT |
762 | 7 - high-pitched beep |
763 | 9 - three short beeps | |
764 | 10 - very long beep | |
765 | 12 - low-pitched beep | |
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766 | 15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0 |
767 | 16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17 | |
768 | 17 - stop 16 | |
769 | ||
2c37aa4e HMH |
770 | Temperature sensors |
771 | ------------------- | |
772 | ||
773 | procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal | |
7fd40029 | 774 | sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") temp*_input |
78f81cc4 | 775 | |
3d6f99ca HMH |
776 | Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only |
777 | expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods. This | |
778 | feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older | |
779 | ThinkPads, and up to sixteen different sensors on newer ThinkPads. | |
60eb0b35 HMH |
780 | |
781 | For example, on the X40, a typical output may be: | |
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782 | temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128 |
783 | ||
3d6f99ca | 784 | On the T43/p, a typical output may be: |
60eb0b35 HMH |
785 | temperatures: 48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128 |
786 | ||
787 | The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on | |
788 | system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model). | |
789 | ||
790 | http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that | |
791 | tries to track down these locations for various models. | |
792 | ||
793 | Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern: | |
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794 | |
795 | 1: CPU | |
60eb0b35 HMH |
796 | 2: (depends on model) |
797 | 3: (depends on model) | |
78f81cc4 | 798 | 4: GPU |
60eb0b35 HMH |
799 | 5: Main battery: main sensor |
800 | 6: Bay battery: main sensor | |
801 | 7: Main battery: secondary sensor | |
802 | 8: Bay battery: secondary sensor | |
803 | 9-15: (depends on model) | |
804 | ||
805 | For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber): | |
806 | 2: Mini-PCI | |
807 | 3: Internal HDD | |
808 | ||
809 | For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org) | |
810 | http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p | |
811 | 2: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp | |
812 | 3: PCMCIA slot | |
813 | 9: MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus | |
b8b26402 HMH |
814 | 10: Clock-generator, mini-pci card and ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI |
815 | card, under touchpad | |
60eb0b35 | 816 | 11: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key |
78f81cc4 | 817 | |
88679a15 HMH |
818 | The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors |
819 | (source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31) | |
820 | 1: CPU | |
821 | 2: Main Battery: main sensor | |
822 | 3: Power Converter | |
823 | 4: Bay Battery: main sensor | |
824 | 5: MCH (northbridge) | |
825 | 6: PCMCIA/ambient | |
826 | 7: Main Battery: secondary sensor | |
827 | 8: Bay Battery: secondary sensor | |
828 | ||
78f81cc4 | 829 | |
2c37aa4e HMH |
830 | Procfs notes: |
831 | Readings from sensors that are not available return -128. | |
832 | No commands can be written to this file. | |
833 | ||
834 | Sysfs notes: | |
835 | Sensors that are not available return the ENXIO error. This | |
836 | status may change at runtime, as there are hotplug thermal | |
837 | sensors, like those inside the batteries and docks. | |
838 | ||
839 | thinkpad-acpi thermal sensors are reported through the hwmon | |
840 | subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at | |
841 | Documentation/hwmon. | |
842 | ||
843 | ||
d6bc8ac9 | 844 | EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump -- /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump |
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845 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
846 | ||
847 | This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation | |
848 | directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE | |
849 | WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the | |
850 | experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. | |
851 | ||
852 | This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller | |
853 | registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers | |
854 | were dumped are marked with a star: | |
855 | ||
837ca6dd | 856 | [root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump |
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857 | EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f |
858 | EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00 | |
859 | EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00 | |
860 | EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80 | |
861 | EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00 | |
862 | EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
863 | EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc | |
864 | EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
865 | EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80 | |
866 | EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00 | |
867 | EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
868 | EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00 | |
869 | EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
870 | EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
871 | EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
872 | EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03 | |
873 | EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a | |
874 | ||
875 | This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan | |
876 | speed on some models. To do that, do the following: | |
877 | ||
878 | - make sure the battery is fully charged | |
879 | - make sure the fan is running | |
880 | - run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so | |
881 | ||
882 | The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't | |
883 | vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since | |
884 | the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the | |
885 | fan register with a star: | |
886 | ||
837ca6dd | 887 | [root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump |
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888 | EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f |
889 | EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00 | |
890 | EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00 | |
891 | EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80 | |
892 | EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00 | |
893 | EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
894 | EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc | |
895 | EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
896 | EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80 | |
897 | EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00 | |
898 | EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
899 | EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00 | |
900 | EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
901 | EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
902 | EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
903 | EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03 | |
904 | EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a | |
905 | ||
906 | Another set of values that varies often is the temperature | |
907 | readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take | |
908 | several quick dumps to eliminate them. | |
909 | ||
910 | You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other | |
911 | embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes | |
912 | except the charging or discharging battery to determine which | |
913 | registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment | |
914 | with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with | |
915 | a description of the conditions when they were taken.) | |
916 | ||
7d5a015e HMH |
917 | LCD brightness control |
918 | ---------------------- | |
919 | ||
920 | procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness | |
921 | sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen" | |
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922 | |
923 | This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad | |
7d5a015e HMH |
924 | models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. |
925 | ||
a3f104c0 HMH |
926 | It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned on or |
927 | off by this interface, and in many ThinkPad models, the "dim while on | |
928 | battery" functionality will be enabled by the BIOS when this interface is | |
929 | used, and cannot be controlled. | |
930 | ||
931 | On IBM (and some of the earlier Lenovo) ThinkPads, the backlight control | |
932 | has eight brightness levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the levels | |
933 | may not be distinct. Later Lenovo models that implement the ACPI | |
934 | display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging | |
935 | from 0 to 15. | |
936 | ||
937 | There are two interfaces to the firmware for direct brightness control, | |
938 | EC and CMOS. To select which one should be used, use the | |
939 | brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode, | |
940 | brightness_mode=2 selects CMOS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects both EC | |
941 | and CMOS. The driver tries to autodetect which interface to use. | |
942 | ||
943 | When display backlight brightness controls are available through the | |
944 | standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct | |
e11e211a HMH |
945 | ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native |
946 | backlight brightness control interface if it detects that the standard | |
947 | ACPI interface is available in the ThinkPad. | |
24d3b774 | 948 | |
87cc537a HMH |
949 | The brightness_enable module parameter can be used to control whether |
950 | the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available. | |
e11e211a HMH |
951 | brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled. brightness_enable=1 |
952 | forces it to be enabled when available, even if the standard ACPI | |
953 | interface is also available. | |
87cc537a | 954 | |
7d5a015e HMH |
955 | Procfs notes: |
956 | ||
957 | The available commands are: | |
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958 | |
959 | echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness | |
960 | echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness | |
961 | echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness | |
962 | ||
7d5a015e HMH |
963 | Sysfs notes: |
964 | ||
a3f104c0 HMH |
965 | The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is |
966 | poorly documented at this time. | |
7d5a015e | 967 | |
a3f104c0 HMH |
968 | Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside |
969 | it there will be the following attributes: | |
7d5a015e HMH |
970 | |
971 | max_brightness: | |
972 | Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to. | |
973 | The minimum is always zero. | |
974 | ||
975 | actual_brightness: | |
976 | Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant. | |
977 | ||
978 | brightness: | |
a3f104c0 HMH |
979 | Writes request the driver to change brightness to the |
980 | given value. Reads will tell you what brightness the | |
981 | driver is trying to set the display to when "power" is set | |
982 | to zero and the display has not been dimmed by a kernel | |
983 | power management event. | |
7d5a015e HMH |
984 | |
985 | power: | |
a3f104c0 HMH |
986 | power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3 |
987 | will dim the display backlight to brightness level 0 | |
988 | because thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight | |
989 | off. Kernel power management events can temporarily | |
990 | increase the current power management level, i.e. they can | |
991 | dim the display. | |
7d5a015e | 992 | |
78f81cc4 | 993 | |
24f7ff0a SS |
994 | Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume |
995 | --------------------------------------- | |
78f81cc4 BD |
996 | |
997 | This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have | |
998 | a hardware volume knob. The available commands are: | |
999 | ||
1000 | echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume | |
1001 | echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume | |
1002 | echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume | |
1003 | echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume | |
1004 | ||
1005 | The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be | |
1006 | distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the | |
1007 | up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume). | |
1008 | The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file. | |
1009 | ||
ecf2a80a HMH |
1010 | Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable |
1011 | --------------------------------------------------------- | |
fe98a52c HMH |
1012 | |
1013 | procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan | |
7fd40029 HMH |
1014 | sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") fan1_input, pwm1, |
1015 | pwm1_enable | |
1016 | sysfs hwmon driver attributes: fan_watchdog | |
78f81cc4 | 1017 | |
ecf2a80a HMH |
1018 | NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for |
1019 | safety reasons. To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1" | |
1020 | must be given to thinkpad-acpi. | |
78f81cc4 | 1021 | |
a12095c2 HMH |
1022 | This feature attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and |
1023 | other fan data that might be available. The speed is read directly | |
1024 | from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known | |
ecf2a80a | 1025 | to work on later R, T, X and Z series ThinkPads but may show a bogus |
a12095c2 HMH |
1026 | value on other models. |
1027 | ||
fe98a52c | 1028 | Fan levels: |
a12095c2 | 1029 | |
fe98a52c HMH |
1030 | Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface. Level 0 |
1031 | stops the fan. The higher the level, the higher the fan speed, although | |
1032 | adjacent levels often map to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest | |
1033 | level, where the fan reaches the maximum recommended speed. | |
78f81cc4 | 1034 | |
fe98a52c HMH |
1035 | Level "auto" means the EC changes the fan level according to some |
1036 | internal algorithm, usually based on readings from the thermal sensors. | |
78f81cc4 | 1037 | |
fe98a52c HMH |
1038 | There is also a "full-speed" level, also known as "disengaged" level. |
1039 | In this level, the EC disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control, | |
1040 | and drives the fan as fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware | |
1041 | limits, so use this level with caution. | |
78f81cc4 | 1042 | |
fe98a52c HMH |
1043 | The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another, and |
1044 | it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan | |
1045 | commands. The full-speed level may take up to two minutes to ramp up to | |
1046 | maximum speed, and in some ThinkPads, the tachometer readings go stale | |
1047 | while the EC is transitioning to the full-speed level. | |
a12095c2 | 1048 | |
78f81cc4 | 1049 | WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are |
a12095c2 HMH |
1050 | monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to |
1051 | enable it if necessary to avoid overheating. | |
1052 | ||
1053 | An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the | |
1054 | ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow. This is | |
01dd2fbf | 1055 | normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the various thermal readings |
a12095c2 HMH |
1056 | rise too much. |
1057 | ||
1058 | On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures. | |
1059 | Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature | |
1060 | climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees. The | |
1061 | fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the | |
1062 | HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot | |
1063 | currently be controlled. | |
1064 | ||
fe98a52c HMH |
1065 | The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when |
1066 | certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done | |
1067 | through thinkpad-acpi. | |
1068 | ||
1069 | The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan | |
1070 | level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the procfs | |
1071 | fan commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog", or if there | |
1072 | are no writes to pwm1_enable (or to pwm1 *if and only if* pwm1_enable is | |
1073 | set to 1, manual mode) within a configurable amount of time of up to | |
1074 | 120 seconds. This functionality is called fan safety watchdog. | |
1075 | ||
1076 | Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will be | |
1077 | rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of the | |
1078 | above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is, | |
1079 | therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made through | |
1080 | means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" procfs fan | |
1081 | commands, or the hwmon fan control sysfs interface. | |
1082 | ||
1083 | Procfs notes: | |
1084 | ||
1085 | The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands: | |
1086 | ||
1087 | echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan | |
1088 | echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan | |
1089 | ||
1090 | Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan | |
1091 | will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled. | |
1092 | ||
a12095c2 | 1093 | The fan level can be controlled with the command: |
78f81cc4 | 1094 | |
fe98a52c | 1095 | echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan |
a12095c2 | 1096 | |
fe98a52c HMH |
1097 | Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto" or |
1098 | "full-speed" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the "auto" | |
1099 | and "full-speed" levels. The driver accepts "disengaged" as an alias for | |
1100 | "full-speed", and reports it as "disengaged" for backwards | |
1101 | compatibility. | |
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1102 | |
1103 | On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be | |
fe98a52c | 1104 | controlled to a certain degree. Once the fan is running, it can be |
78f81cc4 BD |
1105 | forced to run faster or slower with the following command: |
1106 | ||
fe98a52c | 1107 | echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan |
78f81cc4 | 1108 | |
fe98a52c HMH |
1109 | The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from about |
1110 | 3700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have any | |
1111 | effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that range. The | |
1112 | fan cannot be stopped or started with this command. This functionality | |
1113 | is incomplete, and not available through the sysfs interface. | |
78f81cc4 | 1114 | |
fe98a52c HMH |
1115 | To program the safety watchdog, use the "watchdog" command. |
1116 | ||
1117 | echo 'watchdog <interval in seconds>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan | |
1118 | ||
1119 | If you want to disable the watchdog, use 0 as the interval. | |
1120 | ||
1121 | Sysfs notes: | |
1122 | ||
1123 | The sysfs interface follows the hwmon subsystem guidelines for the most | |
1124 | part, and the exception is the fan safety watchdog. | |
1125 | ||
b39fe582 HMH |
1126 | Writes to any of the sysfs attributes may return the EINVAL error if |
1127 | that operation is not supported in a given ThinkPad or if the parameter | |
1128 | is out-of-bounds, and EPERM if it is forbidden. They may also return | |
1129 | EINTR (interrupted system call), and EIO (I/O error while trying to talk | |
1130 | to the firmware). | |
1131 | ||
1132 | Features not yet implemented by the driver return ENOSYS. | |
1133 | ||
fe98a52c HMH |
1134 | hwmon device attribute pwm1_enable: |
1135 | 0: PWM offline (fan is set to full-speed mode) | |
1136 | 1: Manual PWM control (use pwm1 to set fan level) | |
1137 | 2: Hardware PWM control (EC "auto" mode) | |
1138 | 3: reserved (Software PWM control, not implemented yet) | |
1139 | ||
b39fe582 HMH |
1140 | Modes 0 and 2 are not supported by all ThinkPads, and the |
1141 | driver is not always able to detect this. If it does know a | |
1142 | mode is unsupported, it will return -EINVAL. | |
fe98a52c HMH |
1143 | |
1144 | hwmon device attribute pwm1: | |
1145 | Fan level, scaled from the firmware values of 0-7 to the hwmon | |
1146 | scale of 0-255. 0 means fan stopped, 255 means highest normal | |
1147 | speed (level 7). | |
1148 | ||
1149 | This attribute only commands the fan if pmw1_enable is set to 1 | |
1150 | (manual PWM control). | |
1151 | ||
1152 | hwmon device attribute fan1_input: | |
1153 | Fan tachometer reading, in RPM. May go stale on certain | |
1154 | ThinkPads while the EC transitions the PWM to offline mode, | |
1155 | which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older | |
1156 | ThinkPads. | |
1157 | ||
7fd40029 | 1158 | hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog: |
fe98a52c HMH |
1159 | Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is |
1160 | 1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog. | |
1161 | ||
1162 | To stop the fan: set pwm1 to zero, and pwm1_enable to 1. | |
1163 | ||
1164 | To start the fan in a safe mode: set pwm1_enable to 2. If that fails | |
b39fe582 HMH |
1165 | with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255 |
1166 | would be the safest choice, though). | |
1da177e4 | 1167 | |
38f996ed | 1168 | |
d3a6ade4 HMH |
1169 | EXPERIMENTAL: WAN |
1170 | ----------------- | |
1171 | ||
1172 | procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan | |
cc4c24e1 | 1173 | sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable |
28b779d1 SS |
1174 | |
1175 | This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation | |
1176 | directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE | |
1177 | WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the | |
1178 | experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. | |
1179 | ||
d3a6ade4 HMH |
1180 | This feature shows the presence and current state of a W-WAN (Sierra |
1181 | Wireless EV-DO) device. | |
1182 | ||
1183 | It was tested on a Lenovo Thinkpad X60. It should probably work on other | |
1184 | Thinkpad models which come with this module installed. | |
1185 | ||
1186 | Procfs notes: | |
1187 | ||
1188 | If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used: | |
28b779d1 SS |
1189 | |
1190 | echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan | |
1191 | echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan | |
1192 | ||
d3a6ade4 HMH |
1193 | Sysfs notes: |
1194 | ||
1195 | If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled / | |
cc4c24e1 | 1196 | disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device |
d3a6ade4 HMH |
1197 | attribute, and its current status can also be queried. |
1198 | ||
1199 | enable: | |
1200 | 0: disables WWAN card / WWAN card is disabled | |
1201 | 1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled. | |
1202 | ||
1203 | Note: this interface will be probably be superseeded by the | |
cc4c24e1 | 1204 | generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet. |
1da177e4 | 1205 | |
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1206 | Multiple Commands, Module Parameters |
1207 | ------------------------------------ | |
1da177e4 LT |
1208 | |
1209 | Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by | |
1210 | separating them with commas, for example: | |
1211 | ||
1212 | echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey | |
1213 | echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | |
1214 | ||
643f12db HMH |
1215 | Commands can also be specified when loading the thinkpad-acpi module, |
1216 | for example: | |
1da177e4 | 1217 | |
643f12db | 1218 | modprobe thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable |
1da177e4 | 1219 | |
132ce091 HMH |
1220 | Enabling debugging output |
1221 | ------------------------- | |
1222 | ||
0f035b8e | 1223 | The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively |
132ce091 HMH |
1224 | enable various classes of debugging output, for example: |
1225 | ||
1226 | modprobe ibm_acpi debug=0xffff | |
1227 | ||
1228 | will enable all debugging output classes. It takes a bitmask, so | |
1229 | to enable more than one output class, just add their values. | |
1230 | ||
fe08bc4b HMH |
1231 | Debug bitmask Description |
1232 | 0x0001 Initialization and probing | |
1233 | 0x0002 Removal | |
1234 | ||
132ce091 HMH |
1235 | There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging |
1236 | information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems. | |
0dcef77c | 1237 | |
176750d6 HMH |
1238 | The level of debugging information output by the driver can be changed |
1239 | at runtime through sysfs, using the driver attribute debug_level. The | |
1240 | attribute takes the same bitmask as the debug module parameter above. | |
1241 | ||
0dcef77c HMH |
1242 | Force loading of module |
1243 | ----------------------- | |
1244 | ||
1245 | If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify | |
1246 | the module parameter force_load=1. Regardless of whether this works or | |
1247 | not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report. | |
176750d6 HMH |
1248 | |
1249 | ||
1250 | Sysfs interface changelog: | |
1251 | ||
1252 | 0x000100: Initial sysfs support, as a single platform driver and | |
1253 | device. | |
94b08713 HMH |
1254 | 0x000200: Hot key support for 32 hot keys, and radio slider switch |
1255 | support. | |
741553c2 HMH |
1256 | 0x010000: Hot keys are now handled by default over the input |
1257 | layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO, | |
1258 | and the driver enables hot key handling by default in | |
1259 | the firmware. | |
7fd40029 HMH |
1260 | |
1261 | 0x020000: ABI fix: added a separate hwmon platform device and | |
1262 | driver, which must be located by name (thinkpad) | |
1263 | and the hwmon class for libsensors4 (lm-sensors 3) | |
1264 | compatibility. Moved all hwmon attributes to this | |
1265 | new platform device. |