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Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -03001 ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaa2fbce2009-01-11 03:01:10 -02003 Version 0.22
4 November 23rd, 2008
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07005
6 Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhc78d5c92007-07-18 23:45:47 -03007 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
8 http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07009
10
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -030011This 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
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh9abf0ee2009-01-11 03:00:58 -0200192.6.22, and release 0.14. It was moved to drivers/platform/x86 for
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaa2fbce2009-01-11 03:01:10 -020020kernel 2.6.29 and release 0.22.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070021
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh95e57ab2008-04-26 01:02:22 -030022The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module
23names, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace issues.
24
25"tpacpi" is used as a shorthand where "thinkpad-acpi" would be too
26long due to length limitations on some Linux kernel versions.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070027
28Status
29------
30
31The features currently supported are the following (see below for
32detailed description):
33
34 - Fn key combinations
35 - Bluetooth enable and disable
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh837ca6d2007-03-23 17:33:54 -030036 - video output switching, expansion control
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070037 - ThinkLight on and off
38 - limited docking and undocking
39 - UltraBay eject
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -040040 - CMOS control
41 - LED control
42 - ACPI sounds
43 - temperature sensors
44 - Experimental: embedded controller register dump
Stefan Schmidt24f7ff02006-09-22 12:19:15 +020045 - LCD brightness control
46 - Volume control
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhecf2a802007-04-27 22:00:09 -030047 - Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
Jeremy Fitzhardinge9662e082008-08-27 21:04:49 -070048 - WAN enable and disable
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070049
50A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
51site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
52reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table.
53Please include the following information in your report:
54
55 - ThinkPad model name
56 - a copy of your DSDT, from /proc/acpi/dsdt
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -030057 - a copy of the output of dmidecode, with serial numbers
58 and UUIDs masked off
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070059 - which driver features work and which don't
60 - the observed behavior of non-working features
61
62Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome.
63
64
65Installation
66------------
67
68If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -030069sources, simply enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI option, and optionally
70enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY option if you want the
71thinkpad-specific bay functionality.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070072
73Features
74--------
75
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh54ae1502007-04-24 11:48:12 -030076The driver exports two different interfaces to userspace, which can be
77used to access the features it provides. One is a legacy procfs-based
78interface, which will be removed at some time in the distant future.
79The other is a new sysfs-based interface which is not complete yet.
80
81The procfs interface creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory. There is a
82file under that directory for each feature it supports. The procfs
83interface is mostly frozen, and will change very little if at all: it
84will not be extended to add any new functionality in the driver, instead
85all new functionality will be implemented on the sysfs interface.
86
87The sysfs interface tries to blend in the generic Linux sysfs subsystems
88and classes as much as possible. Since some of these subsystems are not
89yet ready or stabilized, it is expected that this interface will change,
90and any and all userspace programs must deal with it.
91
92
93Notes about the sysfs interface:
94
95Unlike what was done with the procfs interface, correctness when talking
96to the sysfs interfaces will be enforced, as will correctness in the
97thinkpad-acpi's implementation of sysfs interfaces.
98
99Also, any bugs in the thinkpad-acpi sysfs driver code or in the
100thinkpad-acpi's implementation of the sysfs interfaces will be fixed for
101maximum correctness, even if that means changing an interface in
102non-compatible ways. As these interfaces mature both in the kernel and
103in thinkpad-acpi, such changes should become quite rare.
104
105Applications interfacing to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interfaces must
106follow all sysfs guidelines and correctly process all errors (the sysfs
107interface makes extensive use of errors). File descriptors and open /
108close operations to the sysfs inodes must also be properly implemented.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700109
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh176750d2007-04-24 11:48:13 -0300110The version of thinkpad-acpi's sysfs interface is exported by the driver
111as a driver attribute (see below).
112
113Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7fd40022007-09-25 06:38:03 -0300114for 2.6.23 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/ and
115/sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_hwmon/
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh176750d2007-04-24 11:48:13 -0300116
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7fd40022007-09-25 06:38:03 -0300117Sysfs device attributes are on the thinkpad_acpi device sysfs attribute
118space, for 2.6.23 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
119
120Sysfs device attributes for the sensors and fan are on the
121thinkpad_hwmon device's sysfs attribute space, but you should locate it
122looking for a hwmon device with the name attribute of "thinkpad".
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh176750d2007-04-24 11:48:13 -0300123
124Driver version
125--------------
126
127procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
128sysfs driver attribute: version
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700129
130The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file.
131
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh176750d2007-04-24 11:48:13 -0300132Sysfs interface version
133-----------------------
134
135sysfs driver attribute: interface_version
136
137Version of the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface, as an unsigned long
138(output in hex format: 0xAAAABBCC), where:
139 AAAA - major revision
140 BB - minor revision
141 CC - bugfix revision
142
143The sysfs interface version changelog for the driver can be found at the
144end of this document. Changes to the sysfs interface done by the kernel
145subsystems are not documented here, nor are they tracked by this
146attribute.
147
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh94b08712007-07-18 23:45:32 -0300148Changes to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface are only considered
149non-experimental when they are submitted to Linux mainline, at which
150point the changes in this interface are documented and interface_version
151may be updated. If you are using any thinkpad-acpi features not yet
152sent to mainline for merging, you do so on your own risk: these features
153may disappear, or be implemented in a different and incompatible way by
154the time they are merged in Linux mainline.
155
156Changes that are backwards-compatible by nature (e.g. the addition of
157attributes that do not change the way the other attributes work) do not
158always warrant an update of interface_version. Therefore, one must
159expect that an attribute might not be there, and deal with it properly
160(an attribute not being there *is* a valid way to make it clear that a
161feature is not available in sysfs).
162
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300163Hot keys
164--------
165
166procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhcc4c24e2007-05-30 20:50:14 -0300167sysfs device attribute: hotkey_*
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700168
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200169In a ThinkPad, the ACPI HKEY handler is responsible for communicating
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh1a343762007-07-18 23:45:36 -0300170some important events and also keyboard hot key presses to the operating
171system. Enabling the hotkey functionality of thinkpad-acpi signals the
172firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad
173firmware will behave in many situations.
174
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300175The driver enables the hot key feature automatically when loaded. The
176feature can later be disabled and enabled back at runtime. The driver
177will also restore the hot key feature to its previous state and mask
178when it is unloaded.
179
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh1a343762007-07-18 23:45:36 -0300180When the hotkey feature is enabled and the hot key mask is set (see
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300181below), the driver will report HKEY events in the following format:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700182
183 ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
184
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300185Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300186
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300187The driver will generate events over the input layer for hot keys and
188radio switches, and over the ACPI netlink layer for other events. The
189input layer support accepts the standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes
190assigned to each hot key.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300191
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh1a343762007-07-18 23:45:36 -0300192The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate
193events. If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware
194will handle it. If it is "unmasked", it signals the firmware that
195thinkpad-acpi would prefer to handle it, if the firmware would be so
196kind to allow it (and it often doesn't!).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700197
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh1a343762007-07-18 23:45:36 -0300198Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can be
199modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled
200by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all, and in those
201models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. The behaviour of
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200202the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhae92bd12007-07-18 23:45:29 -0300203
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh1a343762007-07-18 23:45:36 -0300204Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior. For
205example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable
206Bluetooth by itself.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700207
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh1a343762007-07-18 23:45:36 -0300208Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI.
209For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" buttons
210do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* be used
211through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700212
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300213procfs notes:
214
215The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
216
217 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature
218 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhae92bd12007-07-18 23:45:29 -0300219 echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys
220 echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
221 ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ...
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300222 echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask
223
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh01e88f22008-01-08 13:02:41 -0200224The procfs interface does not support NVRAM polling control. So as to
225maintain maximum bug-to-bug compatibility, it does not report any masks,
226nor does it allow one to manipulate the hot key mask when the firmware
227does not support masks at all, even if NVRAM polling is in use.
228
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300229sysfs notes:
230
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhcc4c24e2007-05-30 20:50:14 -0300231 hotkey_bios_enabled:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300232 Returns the status of the hot keys feature when
233 thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot
234 key feature status will be restored to this value.
235
236 0: hot keys were disabled
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh1a343762007-07-18 23:45:36 -0300237 1: hot keys were enabled (unusual)
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300238
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhcc4c24e2007-05-30 20:50:14 -0300239 hotkey_bios_mask:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300240 Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded.
241 Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored
242 to this value.
243
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhcc4c24e2007-05-30 20:50:14 -0300244 hotkey_enable:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh01e88f22008-01-08 13:02:41 -0200245 Enables/disables the hot keys feature in the ACPI
246 firmware, and reports current status of the hot keys
247 feature. Has no effect on the NVRAM hot key polling
248 functionality.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300249
250 0: disables the hot keys feature / feature disabled
251 1: enables the hot keys feature / feature enabled
252
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhcc4c24e2007-05-30 20:50:14 -0300253 hotkey_mask:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh01e88f22008-01-08 13:02:41 -0200254 bit mask to enable driver-handling (and depending on
255 the firmware, ACPI event generation) for each hot key
256 (see above). Returns the current status of the hot keys
257 mask, and allows one to modify it.
258
259 Note: when NVRAM polling is active, the firmware mask
260 will be different from the value returned by
261 hotkey_mask. The driver will retain enabled bits for
262 hotkeys that are under NVRAM polling even if the
263 firmware refuses them, and will not set these bits on
264 the firmware hot key mask.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300265
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh9b010de2007-07-18 23:45:30 -0300266 hotkey_all_mask:
267 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
268 supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above.
269 Unless you know which events need to be handled
270 passively (because the firmware *will* handle them
271 anyway), do *not* use hotkey_all_mask. Use
272 hotkey_recommended_mask, instead. You have been warned.
273
274 hotkey_recommended_mask:
275 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh1a343762007-07-18 23:45:36 -0300276 supported hot keys, except those which are always
277 handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to
278 hotkey_mask above, to use.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh9b010de2007-07-18 23:45:30 -0300279
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh01e88f22008-01-08 13:02:41 -0200280 hotkey_source_mask:
281 bit mask that selects which hot keys will the driver
282 poll the NVRAM for. This is auto-detected by the driver
283 based on the capabilities reported by the ACPI firmware,
284 but it can be overridden at runtime.
285
286 Hot keys whose bits are set in both hotkey_source_mask
287 and also on hotkey_mask are polled for in NVRAM. Only a
288 few hot keys are available through CMOS NVRAM polling.
289
290 Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute
291 keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer,
292 so you have to use volume up or volume down to unmute,
293 as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user interface. When
294 in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute are reported as
295 separate events, but this behaviour may be corrected in
296 future releases of this driver, in which case the
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200297 ThinkPad volume mixer user interface semantics will be
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh01e88f22008-01-08 13:02:41 -0200298 enforced.
299
300 hotkey_poll_freq:
301 frequency in Hz for hot key polling. It must be between
302 0 and 25 Hz. Polling is only carried out when strictly
303 needed.
304
305 Setting hotkey_poll_freq to zero disables polling, and
306 will cause hot key presses that require NVRAM polling
307 to never be reported.
308
309 Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low will cause repeated
310 pressings of the same hot key to be misreported as a
311 single key press, or to not even be detected at all.
312 The recommended polling frequency is 10Hz.
313
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh74941a62007-07-18 23:45:31 -0300314 hotkey_radio_sw:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd147da72008-02-16 02:17:57 -0200315 If the ThinkPad has a hardware radio switch, this
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh74941a62007-07-18 23:45:31 -0300316 attribute will read 0 if the switch is in the "radios
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200317 disabled" position, and 1 if the switch is in the
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh74941a62007-07-18 23:45:31 -0300318 "radios enabled" position.
319
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh50ebec02008-01-08 13:02:55 -0200320 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
321
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6c231bd2008-02-16 02:17:58 -0200322 hotkey_tablet_mode:
323 If the ThinkPad has tablet capabilities, this attribute
324 will read 0 if the ThinkPad is in normal mode, and
325 1 if the ThinkPad is in tablet mode.
326
327 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
328
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300329 hotkey_report_mode:
330 Returns the state of the procfs ACPI event report mode
331 filter for hot keys. If it is set to 1 (the default),
332 all hot key presses are reported both through the input
333 layer and also as ACPI events through procfs (but not
334 through netlink). If it is set to 2, hot key presses
335 are reported only through the input layer.
336
337 This attribute is read-only in kernels 2.6.23 or later,
338 and read-write on earlier kernels.
339
340 May return -EPERM (write access locked out by module
341 parameter) or -EACCES (read-only).
342
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha713b4d2008-01-08 13:02:52 -0200343 wakeup_reason:
344 Set to 1 if the system is waking up because the user
345 requested a bay ejection. Set to 2 if the system is
346 waking up because the user requested the system to
347 undock. Set to zero for normal wake-ups or wake-ups
348 due to unknown reasons.
349
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh50ebec02008-01-08 13:02:55 -0200350 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
351
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha713b4d2008-01-08 13:02:52 -0200352 wakeup_hotunplug_complete:
353 Set to 1 if the system was waken up because of an
354 undock or bay ejection request, and that request
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200355 was successfully completed. At this point, it might
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha713b4d2008-01-08 13:02:52 -0200356 be useful to send the system back to sleep, at the
357 user's choice. Refer to HKEY events 0x4003 and
358 0x3003, below.
359
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh50ebec02008-01-08 13:02:55 -0200360 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
361
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300362input layer notes:
363
364A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly
365followed by an EV_MSC MSC_SCAN event that shall contain that key's scan
366code. An EV_SYN event will always be generated to mark the end of the
367event block.
368
369Do not use the EV_MSC MSC_SCAN events to process keys. They are to be
370used as a helper to remap keys, only. They are particularly useful when
371remapping KEY_UNKNOWN keys.
372
373The events are available in an input device, with the following id:
374
375 Bus: BUS_HOST
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -0300376 vendor: 0x1014 (PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM) or
377 0x17aa (PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO)
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300378 product: 0x5054 ("TP")
379 version: 0x4101
380
381The version will have its LSB incremented if the keymap changes in a
382backwards-compatible way. The MSB shall always be 0x41 for this input
383device. If the MSB is not 0x41, do not use the device as described in
384this section, as it is either something else (e.g. another input device
385exported by a thinkpad driver, such as HDAPS) or its functionality has
386been changed in a non-backwards compatible way.
387
388Adding other event types for other functionalities shall be considered a
389backwards-compatible change for this input device.
390
391Thinkpad-acpi Hot Key event map (version 0x4101):
392
393ACPI Scan
394event code Key Notes
395
3960x1001 0x00 FN+F1 -
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -03003970x1002 0x01 FN+F2 IBM: battery (rare)
398 Lenovo: Screen lock
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300399
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -03004000x1003 0x02 FN+F3 Many IBM models always report
401 this hot key, even with hot keys
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300402 disabled or with Fn+F3 masked
403 off
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -0300404 IBM: screen lock
405 Lenovo: battery
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300406
4070x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200408 semantics, i.e. sleep-to-RAM).
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300409 It is always generate some kind
410 of event, either the hot key
411 event or a ACPI sleep button
412 event. The firmware may
413 refuse to generate further FN+F4
414 key presses until a S3 or S4 ACPI
415 sleep cycle is performed or some
416 time passes.
417
4180x1005 0x04 FN+F5 Radio. Enables/disables
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200419 the internal Bluetooth hardware
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300420 and W-WAN card if left in control
421 of the firmware. Does not affect
422 the WLAN card.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -0300423 Should be used to turn on/off all
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200424 radios (Bluetooth+W-WAN+WLAN),
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -0300425 really.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300426
4270x1006 0x05 FN+F6 -
428
4290x1007 0x06 FN+F7 Video output cycle.
430 Do you feel lucky today?
431
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -03004320x1008 0x07 FN+F8 IBM: toggle screen expand
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200433 Lenovo: configure UltraNav
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -0300434
4350x1009 0x08 FN+F9 -
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300436 .. .. ..
4370x100B 0x0A FN+F11 -
438
4390x100C 0x0B FN+F12 Sleep to disk. You are always
440 supposed to handle it yourself,
441 either through the ACPI event,
442 or through a hotkey event.
443 The firmware may refuse to
444 generate further FN+F4 key
445 press events until a S3 or S4
446 ACPI sleep cycle is performed,
447 or some time passes.
448
4490x100D 0x0C FN+BACKSPACE -
4500x100E 0x0D FN+INSERT -
4510x100F 0x0E FN+DELETE -
452
4530x1010 0x0F FN+HOME Brightness up. This key is
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -0300454 always handled by the firmware
455 in IBM ThinkPads, even when
456 unmasked. Just leave it alone.
457 For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new
458 BIOS, it has to be handled either
459 by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace.
4600x1011 0x10 FN+END Brightness down. See brightness
461 up for details.
462
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -02004630x1012 0x11 FN+PGUP ThinkLight toggle. This key is
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300464 always handled by the firmware,
465 even when unmasked.
466
4670x1013 0x12 FN+PGDOWN -
468
4690x1014 0x13 FN+SPACE Zoom key
470
4710x1015 0x14 VOLUME UP Internal mixer volume up. This
472 key is always handled by the
473 firmware, even when unmasked.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -0300474 NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
475 this.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -03004760x1016 0x15 VOLUME DOWN Internal mixer volume up. This
477 key is always handled by the
478 firmware, even when unmasked.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhedf0e0e2007-07-18 23:45:44 -0300479 NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
480 this.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -03004810x1017 0x16 MUTE Mute internal mixer. This
482 key is always handled by the
483 firmware, even when unmasked.
484
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -02004850x1018 0x17 THINKPAD ThinkPad/Access IBM/Lenovo key
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300486
4870x1019 0x18 unknown
488.. .. ..
4890x1020 0x1F unknown
490
491The ThinkPad firmware does not allow one to differentiate when most hot
492keys are pressed or released (either that, or we don't know how to, yet).
493For these keys, the driver generates a set of events for a key press and
494immediately issues the same set of events for a key release. It is
495unknown by the driver if the ThinkPad firmware triggered these events on
496hot key press or release, but the firmware will do it for either one, not
497both.
498
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300499If a key is mapped to KEY_RESERVED, it generates no input events at all.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300500If a key is mapped to KEY_UNKNOWN, it generates an input event that
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300501includes an scan code. If a key is mapped to anything else, it will
502generate input device EV_KEY events.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300503
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200504In addition to the EV_KEY events, thinkpad-acpi may also issue EV_SW
505events for switches:
506
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh197a2cd2008-06-03 23:36:09 -0300507SW_RFKILL_ALL T60 and later hardare rfkill rocker switch
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200508SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A
509
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -0300510Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map:
5110x5001 Lid closed
5120x5002 Lid opened
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb3ec6f92008-02-16 02:17:55 -02005130x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode
5140x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh6a38abb2007-07-18 23:45:35 -03005150x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state
516
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300517The above events are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy
518compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1.
519
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha713b4d2008-01-08 13:02:52 -02005200x2304 System is waking up from suspend to undock
5210x2305 System is waking up from suspend to eject bay
5220x2404 System is waking up from hibernation to undock
5230x2405 System is waking up from hibernation to eject bay
524
525The above events are never propagated by the driver.
526
5270x3003 Bay ejection (see 0x2x05) complete, can sleep again
5280x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -02005290x500B Tablet pen inserted into its storage bay
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd1edb2b2008-01-08 13:02:53 -02005300x500C Tablet pen removed from its storage bay
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh3b64b512008-01-08 13:02:51 -02005310x5010 Brightness level changed (newer Lenovo BIOSes)
532
533The above events are propagated by the driver.
534
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300535Compatibility notes:
536
537ibm-acpi and thinkpad-acpi 0.15 (mainline kernels before 2.6.23) never
538supported the input layer, and sent events over the procfs ACPI event
539interface.
540
541To avoid sending duplicate events over the input layer and the ACPI
542event interface, thinkpad-acpi 0.16 implements a module parameter
543(hotkey_report_mode), and also a sysfs device attribute with the same
544name.
545
546Make no mistake here: userspace is expected to switch to using the input
547layer interface of thinkpad-acpi, together with the ACPI netlink event
548interface in kernels 2.6.23 and later, or with the ACPI procfs event
549interface in kernels 2.6.22 and earlier.
550
551If no hotkey_report_mode module parameter is specified (or it is set to
552zero), the driver defaults to mode 1 (see below), and on kernels 2.6.22
553and earlier, also allows one to change the hotkey_report_mode through
554sysfs. In kernels 2.6.23 and later, where the netlink ACPI event
555interface is available, hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed through
556sysfs (it is read-only).
557
558If the hotkey_report_mode module parameter is set to 1 or 2, it cannot
559be changed later through sysfs (any writes will return -EPERM to signal
560that hotkey_report_mode was locked. On 2.6.23 and later, where
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200561hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed at all, writes will return -EACCES).
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhff80f132007-09-04 11:13:15 -0300562
563hotkey_report_mode set to 1 makes the driver export through the procfs
564ACPI event interface all hot key presses (which are *also* sent to the
565input layer). This is a legacy compatibility behaviour, and it is also
566the default mode of operation for the driver.
567
568hotkey_report_mode set to 2 makes the driver filter out the hot key
569presses from the procfs ACPI event interface, so these events will only
570be sent through the input layer. Userspace that has been updated to use
571the thinkpad-acpi input layer interface should set hotkey_report_mode to
5722.
573
574Hot key press events are never sent to the ACPI netlink event interface.
575Really up-to-date userspace under kernel 2.6.23 and later is to use the
576netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all
577with hotkey_report_mode.
578
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha0416422007-04-27 22:00:16 -0300579
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb5972792008-04-26 01:02:17 -0300580Brightness hotkey notes:
581
582These are the current sane choices for brightness key mapping in
583thinkpad-acpi:
584
585For IBM and Lenovo models *without* ACPI backlight control (the ones on
586which thinkpad-acpi will autoload its backlight interface by default,
587and on which ACPI video does not export a backlight interface):
588
5891. Don't enable or map the brightness hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, as
590 these older firmware versions unfortunately won't respect the hotkey
591 mask for brightness keys anyway, and always reacts to them. This
592 usually work fine, unless X.org drivers are doing something to block
593 the BIOS. In that case, use (3) below. This is the default mode of
594 operation.
595
5962. Enable the hotkeys, but map them to something else that is NOT
597 KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP/DOWN or any other keycode that would cause
598 userspace to try to change the backlight level, and use that as an
599 on-screen-display hint.
600
6013. IF AND ONLY IF X.org drivers find a way to block the firmware from
602 automatically changing the brightness, enable the hotkeys and map
603 them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN, and feed that to
604 something that calls xbacklight. thinkpad-acpi will not be able to
605 change brightness in that case either, so you should disable its
606 backlight interface.
607
608For Lenovo models *with* ACPI backlight control:
609
6101. Load up ACPI video and use that. ACPI video will report ACPI
611 events for brightness change keys. Do not mess with thinkpad-acpi
612 defaults in this case. thinkpad-acpi should not have anything to do
613 with backlight events in a scenario where ACPI video is loaded:
614 brightness hotkeys must be disabled, and the backlight interface is
615 to be kept disabled as well. This is the default mode of operation.
616
6172. Do *NOT* load up ACPI video, enable the hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi,
618 and map them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN. Process
619 these keys on userspace somehow (e.g. by calling xbacklight).
620
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -0300621Bluetooth
622---------
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700623
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -0300624procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh0e74dc22008-07-21 09:15:51 -0300625sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable (deprecated)
626sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_bluetooth_sw"
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -0300627
628This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad
629Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot.
630
631Procfs notes:
632
633If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700634
635 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
636 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
637
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -0300638Sysfs notes:
639
640 If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled /
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhcc4c24e2007-05-30 20:50:14 -0300641 disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -0300642 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
643
644 enable:
645 0: disables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is disabled
646 1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled.
647
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh0e74dc22008-07-21 09:15:51 -0300648 Note: this interface has been superseded by the generic rfkill
649 class. It has been deprecated, and it will be removed in year
650 2010.
651
652 rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_bluetooth_sw": refer to
653 Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -0300654
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700655Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video
656--------------------------------------------
657
658This feature allows control over the devices used for video output -
659LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
660
661 echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
662 echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
663 echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
664 echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
665 echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
666 echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
667 echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
668 echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
669 echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
670 echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
671
672Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
673Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
674
675Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled. When automatic
676video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid,
677docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change
678automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering
679and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching,
680the flickering or video corruption can be avoided.
681
682The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400683(it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700684
685Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls
686whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a
687mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current
688video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature.
689
690Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics
691chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents
692Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching
693features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as
694Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work.
695
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400696UPDATE: There's now a patch for the X.org Radeon driver which
697addresses this issue. Some people are reporting success with the patch
698while others are still having problems. For more information:
699
700https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000
701
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhe3065012008-04-26 01:02:24 -0300702ThinkLight control
703------------------
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700704
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhe3065012008-04-26 01:02:24 -0300705procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/light
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh65807cc2008-04-26 01:02:26 -0300706sysfs attributes: as per LED class, for the "tpacpi::thinklight" LED
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhe3065012008-04-26 01:02:24 -0300707
708procfs notes:
709
710The ThinkLight status can be read and set through the procfs interface. A
711few models which do not make the status available will show the ThinkLight
712status as "unknown". The available commands are:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700713
714 echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
715 echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
716
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhe3065012008-04-26 01:02:24 -0300717sysfs notes:
718
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh65807cc2008-04-26 01:02:26 -0300719The ThinkLight sysfs interface is documented by the LED class
720documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt. The ThinkLight LED name
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhe3065012008-04-26 01:02:24 -0300721is "tpacpi::thinklight".
722
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh65807cc2008-04-26 01:02:26 -0300723Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the thinklight
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhe3065012008-04-26 01:02:24 -0300724cannot be read or if it is unknown, thinkpad-acpi will report it as "off".
725It is impossible to know if the status returned through sysfs is valid.
726
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400727Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700728------------------------------------------
729
730Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some
731actions to be taken by the operating system to safely make or break
732the electrical connections with the dock.
733
734The docking feature of this driver generates the following ACPI events:
735
736 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000001 -- eject request
737 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000002 -- undocked
738 ibm/dock GDCK 00000000 00000003 -- docked
739
740NOTE: These events will only be generated if the laptop was docked
741when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for
742hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was
743booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400744logs:
745
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -0300746 Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: dock device not present
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400747
748In this case, no dock-related events are generated but the dock and
749undock commands described below still work. They can be executed
750manually or triggered by Fn key combinations (see the example acpid
751configuration files included in the driver tarball package available
752on the web site).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700753
754When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event
755above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the
756following command:
757
758 echo undock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
759
760After the LED on the dock goes off, it is safe to eject the laptop.
761Note: if you pressed this key by mistake, go ahead and eject the
762laptop, then dock it back in. Otherwise, the dock may not function as
763expected.
764
765When the laptop is docked, the third event above is generated. The
766handler for this event should issue the following command to fully
767enable the dock:
768
769 echo dock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
770
771The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock file shows the current status
772of the dock, as provided by the ACPI framework.
773
774The docking support in this driver does not take care of enabling or
775disabling any other devices you may have attached to the dock. For
776example, a CD drive plugged into the UltraBase needs to be disabled or
777enabled separately. See the provided example acpid configuration files
778for how this can be accomplished.
779
780There is no support yet for PCI devices that may be attached to a
781docking station, e.g. in the ThinkPad Dock II. The driver currently
782does not recognize, enable or disable such devices. This means that
783the only docking stations currently supported are the X-series
784UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the
785latter don't need any ACPI support, actually).
786
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400787UltraBay eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700788------------------------------------
789
790Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be
791taken by the operating system to safely make or break the electrical
792connections with the device.
793
794This feature generates the following ACPI events:
795
796 ibm/bay MSTR 00000003 00000000 -- eject request
797 ibm/bay MSTR 00000001 00000000 -- eject lever inserted
798
799NOTE: These events will only be generated if the UltraBay was present
800when the laptop was originally booted (on the X series, the UltraBay
801is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked).
802This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices
803in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400804UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs:
805
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -0300806 Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: bay device not present
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400807
808In this case, no bay-related events are generated but the eject
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700809command described below still works. It can be executed manually or
810triggered by a hot key combination.
811
812Sliding the eject lever generates the first event shown above. The
813handler for this event should take whatever actions are necessary to
814shut down the device in the UltraBay (e.g. call idectl), then issue
815the following command:
816
817 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
818
819After the LED on the UltraBay goes off, it is safe to pull out the
820device.
821
822When the eject lever is inserted, the second event above is
823generated. The handler for this event should take whatever actions are
824necessary to enable the UltraBay device (e.g. call idectl).
825
826The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status
827of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework.
828
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400829EXPERIMENTAL warm eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x (To use
830this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when
831loading the module):
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700832
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400833These models do not have a button near the UltraBay device to request
834a hot eject but rather require the laptop to be put to sleep
835(suspend-to-ram) before the bay device is ejected or inserted).
836The sequence of steps to eject the device is as follows:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700837
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400838 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
839 put the ThinkPad to sleep
840 remove the drive
841 resume from sleep
842 cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bay should show that the drive was removed
843
844On the A3x, both the UltraBay 2000 and UltraBay Plus devices are
845supported. Use "eject2" instead of "eject" for the second bay.
846
847Note: the UltraBay eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x is
848EXPERIMENTAL and may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION!
849
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb6160042007-04-24 11:48:19 -0300850CMOS control
851------------
852
853procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
854sysfs device attribute: cmos_command
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700855
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd54b7d72007-07-18 23:45:33 -0300856This feature is mostly used internally by the ACPI firmware to keep the legacy
857CMOS NVRAM bits in sync with the current machine state, and to record this
858state so that the ThinkPad will retain such settings across reboots.
859
860Some of these commands actually perform actions in some ThinkPad models, but
861this is expected to disappear more and more in newer models. As an example, in
862a T43 and in a X40, commands 12 and 13 still control the ThinkLight state for
863real, but commands 0 to 2 don't control the mixer anymore (they have been
864phased out) and just update the NVRAM.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700865
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb6160042007-04-24 11:48:19 -0300866The range of valid cmos command numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an
867effect and the behavior varies from model to model. Here is the behavior
868on the X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility):
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700869
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd54b7d72007-07-18 23:45:33 -0300870 0 - Related to "Volume down" key press
871 1 - Related to "Volume up" key press
872 2 - Related to "Mute on" key press
873 3 - Related to "Access IBM" key press
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200874 4 - Related to "LCD brightness up" key press
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd54b7d72007-07-18 23:45:33 -0300875 5 - Related to "LCD brightness down" key press
876 11 - Related to "toggle screen expansion" key press/function
877 12 - Related to "ThinkLight on"
878 13 - Related to "ThinkLight off"
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -0200879 14 - Related to "ThinkLight" key press (toggle ThinkLight)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700880
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb6160042007-04-24 11:48:19 -0300881The cmos command interface is prone to firmware split-brain problems, as
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd54b7d72007-07-18 23:45:33 -0300882in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer. Do not use it, it is
883exported just as a debug tool.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb6160042007-04-24 11:48:19 -0300884
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaf116102008-04-26 01:02:25 -0300885LED control
886-----------
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700887
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaf116102008-04-26 01:02:25 -0300888procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/led
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh65807cc2008-04-26 01:02:26 -0300889sysfs attributes: as per LED class, see below for names
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaf116102008-04-26 01:02:25 -0300890
891Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. On
892some older ThinkPad models, it is possible to query the status of the
893LED indicators as well. Newer ThinkPads cannot query the real status
894of the LED indicators.
895
896procfs notes:
897
898The available commands are:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700899
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh65807cc2008-04-26 01:02:26 -0300900 echo '<LED number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
901 echo '<LED number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
902 echo '<LED number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700903
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh65807cc2008-04-26 01:02:26 -0300904The <LED number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaf116102008-04-26 01:02:25 -0300905controlled varies from model to model. Here is the common ThinkPad
906mapping:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700907
908 0 - power
909 1 - battery (orange)
910 2 - battery (green)
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaf116102008-04-26 01:02:25 -0300911 3 - UltraBase/dock
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700912 4 - UltraBay
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaf116102008-04-26 01:02:25 -0300913 5 - UltraBase battery slot
914 6 - (unknown)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700915 7 - standby
916
917All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink.
918
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaf116102008-04-26 01:02:25 -0300919sysfs notes:
920
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh65807cc2008-04-26 01:02:26 -0300921The ThinkPad LED sysfs interface is described in detail by the LED class
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaf116102008-04-26 01:02:25 -0300922documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt.
923
924The leds are named (in LED ID order, from 0 to 7):
925"tpacpi::power", "tpacpi:orange:batt", "tpacpi:green:batt",
926"tpacpi::dock_active", "tpacpi::bay_active", "tpacpi::dock_batt",
927"tpacpi::unknown_led", "tpacpi::standby".
928
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh65807cc2008-04-26 01:02:26 -0300929Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the LED
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhaf116102008-04-26 01:02:25 -0300930indicators cannot be read due to an error, thinkpad-acpi will report it as
931a brightness of zero (same as LED off).
932
933If the thinkpad firmware doesn't support reading the current status,
934trying to read the current LED brightness will just return whatever
935brightness was last written to that attribute.
936
937These LEDs can blink using hardware acceleration. To request that a
938ThinkPad indicator LED should blink in hardware accelerated mode, use the
939"timer" trigger, and leave the delay_on and delay_off parameters set to
940zero (to request hardware acceleration autodetection).
941
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400942ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
943----------------------------------
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700944
945The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400946audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700947sounds to be triggered manually.
948
949The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
950
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400951 echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700952
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400953The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds
954and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
955X40:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700956
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400957 0 - stop a sound in progress (but use 17 to stop 16)
958 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery")
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700959 3 - single beep
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400960 4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable")
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700961 5 - single beep
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400962 6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC")
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700963 7 - high-pitched beep
964 9 - three short beeps
965 10 - very long beep
966 12 - low-pitched beep
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -0400967 15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0
968 16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17
969 17 - stop 16
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700970
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh2c37aa42007-04-24 11:48:16 -0300971Temperature sensors
972-------------------
973
974procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7fd40022007-09-25 06:38:03 -0300975sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") temp*_input
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700976
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh3d6f99c2007-07-18 23:45:46 -0300977Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only
978expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods. This
979feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older
980ThinkPads, and up to sixteen different sensors on newer ThinkPads.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh60eb0b32006-11-24 11:47:08 -0200981
982For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
983temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
984
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh3d6f99c2007-07-18 23:45:46 -0300985On the T43/p, a typical output may be:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh60eb0b32006-11-24 11:47:08 -0200986temperatures: 48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128
987
988The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on
989system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model).
990
991http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that
992tries to track down these locations for various models.
993
994Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern:
995
9961: CPU
9972: (depends on model)
9983: (depends on model)
9994: GPU
10005: Main battery: main sensor
10016: Bay battery: main sensor
10027: Main battery: secondary sensor
10038: Bay battery: secondary sensor
10049-15: (depends on model)
1005
1006For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber):
10072: Mini-PCI
10083: Internal HDD
1009
1010For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org)
1011http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p
10122: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp
10133: PCMCIA slot
10149: MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb8b26402007-07-18 23:45:28 -0300101510: Clock-generator, mini-pci card and ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI
1016 card, under touchpad
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh60eb0b32006-11-24 11:47:08 -0200101711: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key
1018
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh88679a12006-11-24 11:47:09 -02001019The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors
1020(source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31)
10211: CPU
10222: Main Battery: main sensor
10233: Power Converter
10244: Bay Battery: main sensor
10255: MCH (northbridge)
10266: PCMCIA/ambient
10277: Main Battery: secondary sensor
10288: Bay Battery: secondary sensor
1029
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh60eb0b32006-11-24 11:47:08 -02001030
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh2c37aa42007-04-24 11:48:16 -03001031Procfs notes:
1032 Readings from sensors that are not available return -128.
1033 No commands can be written to this file.
1034
1035Sysfs notes:
1036 Sensors that are not available return the ENXIO error. This
1037 status may change at runtime, as there are hotplug thermal
1038 sensors, like those inside the batteries and docks.
1039
1040 thinkpad-acpi thermal sensors are reported through the hwmon
1041 subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at
1042 Documentation/hwmon.
1043
1044
Matt LaPlanted6bc8ac2006-10-03 22:54:15 +02001045EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump -- /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001046------------------------------------------------------------------------
1047
1048This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
1049directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
1050WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
1051experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
1052
1053This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller
1054registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers
1055were dumped are marked with a star:
1056
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh837ca6d2007-03-23 17:33:54 -03001057[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001058EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
1059EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
1060EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
1061EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
1062EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
1063EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
1064EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc
1065EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1066EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80
1067EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
1068EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1069EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00
1070EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1071EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1072EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1073EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
1074EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
1075
1076This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan
1077speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
1078
1079 - make sure the battery is fully charged
1080 - make sure the fan is running
1081 - run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so
1082
1083The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't
1084vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since
1085the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the
1086fan register with a star:
1087
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh837ca6d2007-03-23 17:33:54 -03001088[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001089EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
1090EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
1091EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
1092EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
1093EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
1094EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
1095EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc
1096EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1097EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80
1098EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
1099EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1100EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00
1101EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1102EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1103EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1104EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
1105EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
1106
1107Another set of values that varies often is the temperature
1108readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
1109several quick dumps to eliminate them.
1110
1111You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other
1112embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes
1113except the charging or discharging battery to determine which
1114registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
1115with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
1116a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
1117
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001118LCD brightness control
1119----------------------
1120
1121procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1122sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen"
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001123
1124This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001125models which don't have a hardware brightness slider.
1126
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha3f104c2007-10-30 17:46:20 -02001127It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned on or
1128off by this interface, and in many ThinkPad models, the "dim while on
1129battery" functionality will be enabled by the BIOS when this interface is
1130used, and cannot be controlled.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001131
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha3f104c2007-10-30 17:46:20 -02001132On IBM (and some of the earlier Lenovo) ThinkPads, the backlight control
1133has eight brightness levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the levels
1134may not be distinct. Later Lenovo models that implement the ACPI
1135display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging
1136from 0 to 15.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001137
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha3f104c2007-10-30 17:46:20 -02001138There are two interfaces to the firmware for direct brightness control,
1139EC and CMOS. To select which one should be used, use the
1140brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode,
1141brightness_mode=2 selects CMOS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects both EC
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -02001142and CMOS. The driver tries to auto-detect which interface to use.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha3f104c2007-10-30 17:46:20 -02001143
1144When display backlight brightness controls are available through the
1145standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhe11e2112007-10-30 17:46:22 -02001146ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native
1147backlight brightness control interface if it detects that the standard
1148ACPI interface is available in the ThinkPad.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh24d3b772007-07-18 23:45:43 -03001149
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh87cc5372007-10-30 18:02:07 -02001150The brightness_enable module parameter can be used to control whether
1151the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhe11e2112007-10-30 17:46:22 -02001152brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled. brightness_enable=1
1153forces it to be enabled when available, even if the standard ACPI
1154interface is also available.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh87cc5372007-10-30 18:02:07 -02001155
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001156Procfs notes:
1157
1158 The available commands are:
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001159
1160 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1161 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1162 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1163
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001164Sysfs notes:
1165
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha3f104c2007-10-30 17:46:20 -02001166The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is
1167poorly documented at this time.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001168
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha3f104c2007-10-30 17:46:20 -02001169Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside
1170it there will be the following attributes:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001171
1172 max_brightness:
1173 Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to.
1174 The minimum is always zero.
1175
1176 actual_brightness:
1177 Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant.
1178
1179 brightness:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha3f104c2007-10-30 17:46:20 -02001180 Writes request the driver to change brightness to the
1181 given value. Reads will tell you what brightness the
1182 driver is trying to set the display to when "power" is set
1183 to zero and the display has not been dimmed by a kernel
1184 power management event.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001185
1186 power:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha3f104c2007-10-30 17:46:20 -02001187 power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3
1188 will dim the display backlight to brightness level 0
1189 because thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight
1190 off. Kernel power management events can temporarily
1191 increase the current power management level, i.e. they can
1192 dim the display.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7d5a0152007-04-24 11:48:20 -03001193
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001194
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb5972792008-04-26 01:02:17 -03001195WARNING:
1196
1197 Whatever you do, do NOT ever call thinkpad-acpi backlight-level change
1198 interface and the ACPI-based backlight level change interface
1199 (available on newer BIOSes, and driven by the Linux ACPI video driver)
1200 at the same time. The two will interact in bad ways, do funny things,
1201 and maybe reduce the life of the backlight lamps by needlessly kicking
1202 its level up and down at every change.
1203
Stefan Schmidt24f7ff02006-09-22 12:19:15 +02001204Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1205---------------------------------------
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001206
1207This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
1208a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
1209
1210 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1211 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1212 echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1213 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1214
1215The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be
1216distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
1217up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume).
1218The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file.
1219
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhecf2a802007-04-27 22:00:09 -03001220Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
1221---------------------------------------------------------
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001222
1223procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7fd40022007-09-25 06:38:03 -03001224sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") fan1_input, pwm1,
1225 pwm1_enable
1226sysfs hwmon driver attributes: fan_watchdog
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001227
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhecf2a802007-04-27 22:00:09 -03001228NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for
1229safety reasons. To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1"
1230must be given to thinkpad-acpi.
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001231
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha12095c2006-11-24 11:47:13 -02001232This feature attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and
1233other fan data that might be available. The speed is read directly
1234from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhecf2a802007-04-27 22:00:09 -03001235to work on later R, T, X and Z series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha12095c2006-11-24 11:47:13 -02001236value on other models.
1237
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001238Fan levels:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha12095c2006-11-24 11:47:13 -02001239
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001240Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface. Level 0
1241stops the fan. The higher the level, the higher the fan speed, although
1242adjacent levels often map to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest
1243level, where the fan reaches the maximum recommended speed.
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001244
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001245Level "auto" means the EC changes the fan level according to some
1246internal algorithm, usually based on readings from the thermal sensors.
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001247
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001248There is also a "full-speed" level, also known as "disengaged" level.
1249In this level, the EC disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control,
1250and drives the fan as fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware
1251limits, so use this level with caution.
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001252
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001253The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another, and
1254it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
1255commands. The full-speed level may take up to two minutes to ramp up to
1256maximum speed, and in some ThinkPads, the tachometer readings go stale
1257while the EC is transitioning to the full-speed level.
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001258
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha12095c2006-11-24 11:47:13 -02001259WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
1260monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
1261enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
1262
1263An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
1264ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow. This is
Matt LaPlante01dd2fb2007-10-20 01:34:40 +02001265normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the various thermal readings
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha12095c2006-11-24 11:47:13 -02001266rise too much.
1267
1268On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
1269Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature
1270climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees. The
1271fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the
1272HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot
1273currently be controlled.
1274
Henrique de Moraes Holschuha12095c2006-11-24 11:47:13 -02001275The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
1276certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -03001277through thinkpad-acpi.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001278
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -03001279The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001280level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the procfs
1281fan commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog", or if there
1282are no writes to pwm1_enable (or to pwm1 *if and only if* pwm1_enable is
1283set to 1, manual mode) within a configurable amount of time of up to
1284120 seconds. This functionality is called fan safety watchdog.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh38f996e2007-03-23 17:33:59 -03001285
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001286Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will be
1287rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of the
1288above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is,
1289therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made through
1290means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" procfs fan
1291commands, or the hwmon fan control sysfs interface.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh38f996e2007-03-23 17:33:59 -03001292
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001293Procfs notes:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh38f996e2007-03-23 17:33:59 -03001294
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001295The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:
1296
1297 echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1298 echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1299
1300Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan
1301will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.
1302
1303The fan level can be controlled with the command:
1304
1305 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1306
1307Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto" or
1308"full-speed" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the "auto"
1309and "full-speed" levels. The driver accepts "disengaged" as an alias for
1310"full-speed", and reports it as "disengaged" for backwards
1311compatibility.
1312
1313On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be
1314controlled to a certain degree. Once the fan is running, it can be
1315forced to run faster or slower with the following command:
1316
1317 echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1318
1319The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from about
13203700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have any
1321effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that range. The
1322fan cannot be stopped or started with this command. This functionality
1323is incomplete, and not available through the sysfs interface.
1324
1325To program the safety watchdog, use the "watchdog" command.
1326
1327 echo 'watchdog <interval in seconds>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1328
1329If you want to disable the watchdog, use 0 as the interval.
1330
1331Sysfs notes:
1332
1333The sysfs interface follows the hwmon subsystem guidelines for the most
1334part, and the exception is the fan safety watchdog.
1335
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb39fe582007-04-27 22:00:13 -03001336Writes to any of the sysfs attributes may return the EINVAL error if
1337that operation is not supported in a given ThinkPad or if the parameter
1338is out-of-bounds, and EPERM if it is forbidden. They may also return
1339EINTR (interrupted system call), and EIO (I/O error while trying to talk
1340to the firmware).
1341
1342Features not yet implemented by the driver return ENOSYS.
1343
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001344hwmon device attribute pwm1_enable:
1345 0: PWM offline (fan is set to full-speed mode)
1346 1: Manual PWM control (use pwm1 to set fan level)
1347 2: Hardware PWM control (EC "auto" mode)
1348 3: reserved (Software PWM control, not implemented yet)
1349
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb39fe582007-04-27 22:00:13 -03001350 Modes 0 and 2 are not supported by all ThinkPads, and the
1351 driver is not always able to detect this. If it does know a
1352 mode is unsupported, it will return -EINVAL.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001353
1354hwmon device attribute pwm1:
1355 Fan level, scaled from the firmware values of 0-7 to the hwmon
1356 scale of 0-255. 0 means fan stopped, 255 means highest normal
1357 speed (level 7).
1358
1359 This attribute only commands the fan if pmw1_enable is set to 1
1360 (manual PWM control).
1361
1362hwmon device attribute fan1_input:
1363 Fan tachometer reading, in RPM. May go stale on certain
1364 ThinkPads while the EC transitions the PWM to offline mode,
1365 which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older
1366 ThinkPads.
1367
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7fd40022007-09-25 06:38:03 -03001368hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001369 Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is
1370 1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog.
1371
1372To stop the fan: set pwm1 to zero, and pwm1_enable to 1.
1373
1374To start the fan in a safe mode: set pwm1_enable to 2. If that fails
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhb39fe582007-04-27 22:00:13 -03001375with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255
1376would be the safest choice, though).
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe98a522007-04-24 11:48:17 -03001377
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh38f996e2007-03-23 17:33:59 -03001378
Jeremy Fitzhardinge9662e082008-08-27 21:04:49 -07001379WAN
1380---
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -03001381
1382procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh0e74dc22008-07-21 09:15:51 -03001383sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable (deprecated)
1384sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw"
Stefan Schmidt28b779d2006-09-22 12:19:16 +02001385
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -03001386This feature shows the presence and current state of a W-WAN (Sierra
1387Wireless EV-DO) device.
1388
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -02001389It was tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad X60. It should probably work on other
1390ThinkPad models which come with this module installed.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -03001391
1392Procfs notes:
1393
1394If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used:
Stefan Schmidt28b779d2006-09-22 12:19:16 +02001395
1396 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1397 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1398
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -03001399Sysfs notes:
1400
1401 If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled /
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhcc4c24e2007-05-30 20:50:14 -03001402 disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd3a6ade2007-04-27 22:00:17 -03001403 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
1404
1405 enable:
1406 0: disables WWAN card / WWAN card is disabled
1407 1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled.
1408
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh0e74dc22008-07-21 09:15:51 -03001409 Note: this interface has been superseded by the generic rfkill
1410 class. It has been deprecated, and it will be removed in year
1411 2010.
1412
1413 rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw": refer to
1414 Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001415
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh0045c0a2009-01-11 03:01:03 -02001416EXPERIMENTAL: UWB
1417-----------------
1418
1419This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively
1420tested and validated in various ThinkPad models yet. The feature may not
1421work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply
1422the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
1423
1424sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw"
1425
1426This feature exports an rfkill controller for the UWB device, if one is
1427present and enabled in the BIOS.
1428
1429Sysfs notes:
1430
1431 rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw": refer to
1432 Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
1433
Borislav Deianov78f81cc2005-08-17 00:00:00 -04001434Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
1435------------------------------------
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001436
1437Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by
1438separating them with commas, for example:
1439
1440 echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
1441 echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
1442
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -03001443Commands can also be specified when loading the thinkpad-acpi module,
1444for example:
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001445
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh643f12d2007-03-29 01:58:43 -03001446 modprobe thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001447
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh132ce092007-04-21 11:08:30 -03001448Enabling debugging output
1449-------------------------
1450
Simon Arlott0f035b82007-10-20 01:30:25 +02001451The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh132ce092007-04-21 11:08:30 -03001452enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
1453
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh5f249272008-02-16 02:17:51 -02001454 modprobe thinkpad_acpi debug=0xffff
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh132ce092007-04-21 11:08:30 -03001455
1456will enable all debugging output classes. It takes a bitmask, so
1457to enable more than one output class, just add their values.
1458
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhfe08bc42007-04-21 11:08:32 -03001459 Debug bitmask Description
1460 0x0001 Initialization and probing
1461 0x0002 Removal
1462
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh132ce092007-04-21 11:08:30 -03001463There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging
1464information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh0dcef772007-04-21 11:08:34 -03001465
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh176750d2007-04-24 11:48:13 -03001466The level of debugging information output by the driver can be changed
1467at runtime through sysfs, using the driver attribute debug_level. The
1468attribute takes the same bitmask as the debug module parameter above.
1469
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh0dcef772007-04-21 11:08:34 -03001470Force loading of module
1471-----------------------
1472
1473If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify
1474the module parameter force_load=1. Regardless of whether this works or
1475not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh176750d2007-04-24 11:48:13 -03001476
1477
1478Sysfs interface changelog:
1479
14800x000100: Initial sysfs support, as a single platform driver and
1481 device.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh94b08712007-07-18 23:45:32 -030014820x000200: Hot key support for 32 hot keys, and radio slider switch
1483 support.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh741553c2007-07-18 23:45:39 -030014840x010000: Hot keys are now handled by default over the input
1485 layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO,
1486 and the driver enables hot key handling by default in
1487 the firmware.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh7fd40022007-09-25 06:38:03 -03001488
14890x020000: ABI fix: added a separate hwmon platform device and
1490 driver, which must be located by name (thinkpad)
1491 and the hwmon class for libsensors4 (lm-sensors 3)
1492 compatibility. Moved all hwmon attributes to this
1493 new platform device.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh01e88f22008-01-08 13:02:41 -02001494
14950x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
1496 support. If you must, use it to know you should not
Frederik Schwarzer0211a9c2008-12-29 22:14:56 +01001497 start a userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh01e88f22008-01-08 13:02:41 -02001498 NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is
1499 unneeded/undesired in the first place).
15000x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
Henrique de Moraes Holschuhd0788cf2008-02-16 02:17:56 -02001501 and proper hotkey_mask semantics (version 8 of the
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh01e88f22008-01-08 13:02:41 -02001502 NVRAM polling patch). Some development snapshots of
1503 0.18 had an earlier version that did strange things
1504 to hotkey_mask.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh50ebec02008-01-08 13:02:55 -02001505
15060x020200: Add poll()/select() support to the following attributes:
1507 hotkey_radio_sw, wakeup_hotunplug_complete, wakeup_reason