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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 139 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt | 33 |
2 files changed, 149 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 76cb428435da..01c6c3d8a7e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver - Version 0.19 - January 06th, 2008 + Version 0.20 + April 09th, 2008 Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel 2.6.22, and release 0.14. +The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module +names, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace issues. + +"tpacpi" is used as a shorthand where "thinkpad-acpi" would be too +long due to length limitations on some Linux kernel versions. Status ------ @@ -571,6 +576,47 @@ netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all with hotkey_report_mode. +Brightness hotkey notes: + +These are the current sane choices for brightness key mapping in +thinkpad-acpi: + +For IBM and Lenovo models *without* ACPI backlight control (the ones on +which thinkpad-acpi will autoload its backlight interface by default, +and on which ACPI video does not export a backlight interface): + +1. Don't enable or map the brightness hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, as + these older firmware versions unfortunately won't respect the hotkey + mask for brightness keys anyway, and always reacts to them. This + usually work fine, unless X.org drivers are doing something to block + the BIOS. In that case, use (3) below. This is the default mode of + operation. + +2. Enable the hotkeys, but map them to something else that is NOT + KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP/DOWN or any other keycode that would cause + userspace to try to change the backlight level, and use that as an + on-screen-display hint. + +3. IF AND ONLY IF X.org drivers find a way to block the firmware from + automatically changing the brightness, enable the hotkeys and map + them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN, and feed that to + something that calls xbacklight. thinkpad-acpi will not be able to + change brightness in that case either, so you should disable its + backlight interface. + +For Lenovo models *with* ACPI backlight control: + +1. Load up ACPI video and use that. ACPI video will report ACPI + events for brightness change keys. Do not mess with thinkpad-acpi + defaults in this case. thinkpad-acpi should not have anything to do + with backlight events in a scenario where ACPI video is loaded: + brightness hotkeys must be disabled, and the backlight interface is + to be kept disabled as well. This is the default mode of operation. + +2. Do *NOT* load up ACPI video, enable the hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, + and map them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN. Process + these keys on userspace somehow (e.g. by calling xbacklight). + Bluetooth --------- @@ -647,16 +693,31 @@ while others are still having problems. For more information: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000 -ThinkLight control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/light ------------------------------------------- +ThinkLight control +------------------ + +procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/light +sysfs attributes: as per LED class, for the "tpacpi::thinklight" LED -The current status of the ThinkLight can be found in this file. A few -models which do not make the status available will show it as -"unknown". The available commands are: +procfs notes: + +The ThinkLight status can be read and set through the procfs interface. A +few models which do not make the status available will show the ThinkLight +status as "unknown". The available commands are: echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light +sysfs notes: + +The ThinkLight sysfs interface is documented by the LED class +documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt. The ThinkLight LED name +is "tpacpi::thinklight". + +Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the thinklight +cannot be read or if it is unknown, thinkpad-acpi will report it as "off". +It is impossible to know if the status returned through sysfs is valid. + Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock ------------------------------------------ @@ -815,28 +876,63 @@ The cmos command interface is prone to firmware split-brain problems, as in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer. Do not use it, it is exported just as a debug tool. -LED control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/led ---------------------------------- +LED control +----------- + +procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/led +sysfs attributes: as per LED class, see below for names + +Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. On +some older ThinkPad models, it is possible to query the status of the +LED indicators as well. Newer ThinkPads cannot query the real status +of the LED indicators. -Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. The -available commands are: +procfs notes: + +The available commands are: - echo '<led number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led - echo '<led number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led - echo '<led number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led + echo '<LED number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led + echo '<LED number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led + echo '<LED number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led -The <led number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be -controlled varies from model to model. Here is the mapping on the X40: +The <LED number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be +controlled varies from model to model. Here is the common ThinkPad +mapping: 0 - power 1 - battery (orange) 2 - battery (green) - 3 - UltraBase + 3 - UltraBase/dock 4 - UltraBay + 5 - UltraBase battery slot + 6 - (unknown) 7 - standby All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink. +sysfs notes: + +The ThinkPad LED sysfs interface is described in detail by the LED class +documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt. + +The leds are named (in LED ID order, from 0 to 7): +"tpacpi::power", "tpacpi:orange:batt", "tpacpi:green:batt", +"tpacpi::dock_active", "tpacpi::bay_active", "tpacpi::dock_batt", +"tpacpi::unknown_led", "tpacpi::standby". + +Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the LED +indicators cannot be read due to an error, thinkpad-acpi will report it as +a brightness of zero (same as LED off). + +If the thinkpad firmware doesn't support reading the current status, +trying to read the current LED brightness will just return whatever +brightness was last written to that attribute. + +These LEDs can blink using hardware acceleration. To request that a +ThinkPad indicator LED should blink in hardware accelerated mode, use the +"timer" trigger, and leave the delay_on and delay_off parameters set to +zero (to request hardware acceleration autodetection). + ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep ---------------------------------- @@ -1090,6 +1186,15 @@ it there will be the following attributes: dim the display. +WARNING: + + Whatever you do, do NOT ever call thinkpad-acpi backlight-level change + interface and the ACPI-based backlight level change interface + (available on newer BIOSes, and driven by the Linux ACPI video driver) + at the same time. The two will interact in bad ways, do funny things, + and maybe reduce the life of the backlight lamps by needlessly kicking + its level up and down at every change. + Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume --------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt index d9f28be75403..70d68ce8640a 100644 --- a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt @@ -108,10 +108,12 @@ and throttle appropriate devices. RO read only value RW read/write value -All thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal +Thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal. +Hwmon sysfs I/F extension is also available under /sys/class/hwmon +if hwmon is compiled in or built as a module. Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered: -|thermal_zone[0-*]: +/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]: |-----type: Type of the thermal zone |-----temp: Current temperature |-----mode: Working mode of the thermal zone @@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered: |-----trip_point_[0-*]_type: Trip point type Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered: -|cooling_device[0-*]: +/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device[0-*]: |-----type : Type of the cooling device(processor/fan/...) |-----max_state: Maximum cooling state of the cooling device |-----cur_state: Current cooling state of the cooling device @@ -130,10 +132,19 @@ They represent the relationship between a thermal zone and its associated coolin They are created/removed for each thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful execution. -|thermal_zone[0-*] +/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*] |-----cdev[0-*]: The [0-*]th cooling device in the current thermal zone |-----cdev[0-*]_trip_point: Trip point that cdev[0-*] is associated with +Besides the thermal zone device sysfs I/F and cooling device sysfs I/F, +the generic thermal driver also creates a hwmon sysfs I/F for each _type_ of +thermal zone device. E.g. the generic thermal driver registers one hwmon class device +and build the associated hwmon sysfs I/F for all the registered ACPI thermal zones. +/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon[0-*]: + |-----name: The type of the thermal zone devices. + |-----temp[1-*]_input: The current temperature of thermal zone [1-*]. + |-----temp[1-*]_critical: The critical trip point of thermal zone [1-*]. +Please read Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface for additional information. *************************** * Thermal zone attributes * @@ -141,7 +152,10 @@ thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device successful e type Strings which represent the thermal zone type. This is given by thermal zone driver as part of registration. - Eg: "ACPI thermal zone" indicates it's a ACPI thermal device + Eg: "acpitz" indicates it's an ACPI thermal device. + In order to keep it consistent with hwmon sys attribute, + this should be a short, lowercase string, + not containing spaces nor dashes. RO Required @@ -218,7 +232,7 @@ the sys I/F structure will be built like this: /sys/class/thermal: |thermal_zone1: - |-----type: ACPI thermal zone + |-----type: acpitz |-----temp: 37000 |-----mode: kernel |-----trip_point_0_temp: 100000 @@ -243,3 +257,10 @@ the sys I/F structure will be built like this: |-----type: Fan |-----max_state: 2 |-----cur_state: 0 + +/sys/class/hwmon: + +|hwmon0: + |-----name: acpitz + |-----temp1_input: 37000 + |-----temp1_crit: 100000 |