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643f12db 1 ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
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3 Version 0.23
4 April 10th, 2009
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6 Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
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7 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
8 http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
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11This is a Linux driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It
12supports various features of these laptops which are accessible
13through the ACPI and ACPI EC framework, but not otherwise fully
14supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers.
15
16This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release
170.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was
18moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel
9abf0eea 192.6.22, and release 0.14. It was moved to drivers/platform/x86 for
aa2fbcec 20kernel 2.6.29 and release 0.22.
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95e57ab2 22The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module
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23names and log messages, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace
24issues.
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25
26"tpacpi" is used as a shorthand where "thinkpad-acpi" would be too
27long due to length limitations on some Linux kernel versions.
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29Status
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31
32The features currently supported are the following (see below for
33detailed description):
34
35 - Fn key combinations
36 - Bluetooth enable and disable
837ca6dd 37 - video output switching, expansion control
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38 - ThinkLight on and off
39 - limited docking and undocking
40 - UltraBay eject
078ac19e 41 - CMOS/UCMS control
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42 - LED control
43 - ACPI sounds
44 - temperature sensors
45 - Experimental: embedded controller register dump
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46 - LCD brightness control
47 - Volume control
ecf2a80a 48 - Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
9662e080 49 - WAN enable and disable
078ac19e 50 - UWB enable and disable
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51
52A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
53site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
54reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table.
55Please include the following information in your report:
56
57 - ThinkPad model name
078ac19e 58 - a copy of your ACPI tables, using the "acpidump" utility
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59 - a copy of the output of dmidecode, with serial numbers
60 and UUIDs masked off
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61 - which driver features work and which don't
62 - the observed behavior of non-working features
63
64Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome.
65
66
67Installation
68------------
69
70If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
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71sources, look for the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI Kconfig option.
72It is located on the menu path: "Device Drivers" -> "X86 Platform
73Specific Device Drivers" -> "ThinkPad ACPI Laptop Extras".
74
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76Features
77--------
78
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79The driver exports two different interfaces to userspace, which can be
80used to access the features it provides. One is a legacy procfs-based
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81interface, which will be removed at some time in the future. The other
82is a new sysfs-based interface which is not complete yet.
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83
84The procfs interface creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory. There is a
85file under that directory for each feature it supports. The procfs
86interface is mostly frozen, and will change very little if at all: it
87will not be extended to add any new functionality in the driver, instead
88all new functionality will be implemented on the sysfs interface.
89
90The sysfs interface tries to blend in the generic Linux sysfs subsystems
91and classes as much as possible. Since some of these subsystems are not
92yet ready or stabilized, it is expected that this interface will change,
93and any and all userspace programs must deal with it.
94
95
96Notes about the sysfs interface:
97
98Unlike what was done with the procfs interface, correctness when talking
99to the sysfs interfaces will be enforced, as will correctness in the
100thinkpad-acpi's implementation of sysfs interfaces.
101
102Also, any bugs in the thinkpad-acpi sysfs driver code or in the
103thinkpad-acpi's implementation of the sysfs interfaces will be fixed for
104maximum correctness, even if that means changing an interface in
105non-compatible ways. As these interfaces mature both in the kernel and
106in thinkpad-acpi, such changes should become quite rare.
107
108Applications interfacing to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interfaces must
109follow all sysfs guidelines and correctly process all errors (the sysfs
110interface makes extensive use of errors). File descriptors and open /
111close operations to the sysfs inodes must also be properly implemented.
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113The version of thinkpad-acpi's sysfs interface is exported by the driver
114as a driver attribute (see below).
115
116Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
078ac19e 117for 2.6.23+ this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/ and
7fd40029 118/sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_hwmon/
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7fd40029 120Sysfs device attributes are on the thinkpad_acpi device sysfs attribute
078ac19e 121space, for 2.6.23+ this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
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122
123Sysfs device attributes for the sensors and fan are on the
124thinkpad_hwmon device's sysfs attribute space, but you should locate it
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125looking for a hwmon device with the name attribute of "thinkpad", or
126better yet, through libsensors.
127
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128
129Driver version
130--------------
131
132procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
133sysfs driver attribute: version
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135The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file.
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138Sysfs interface version
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140
141sysfs driver attribute: interface_version
142
143Version of the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface, as an unsigned long
144(output in hex format: 0xAAAABBCC), where:
145 AAAA - major revision
146 BB - minor revision
147 CC - bugfix revision
148
149The sysfs interface version changelog for the driver can be found at the
150end of this document. Changes to the sysfs interface done by the kernel
151subsystems are not documented here, nor are they tracked by this
152attribute.
153
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154Changes to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface are only considered
155non-experimental when they are submitted to Linux mainline, at which
156point the changes in this interface are documented and interface_version
157may be updated. If you are using any thinkpad-acpi features not yet
158sent to mainline for merging, you do so on your own risk: these features
159may disappear, or be implemented in a different and incompatible way by
160the time they are merged in Linux mainline.
161
162Changes that are backwards-compatible by nature (e.g. the addition of
163attributes that do not change the way the other attributes work) do not
164always warrant an update of interface_version. Therefore, one must
165expect that an attribute might not be there, and deal with it properly
166(an attribute not being there *is* a valid way to make it clear that a
167feature is not available in sysfs).
168
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170Hot keys
171--------
172
173procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
cc4c24e1 174sysfs device attribute: hotkey_*
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d0788cfb 176In a ThinkPad, the ACPI HKEY handler is responsible for communicating
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177some important events and also keyboard hot key presses to the operating
178system. Enabling the hotkey functionality of thinkpad-acpi signals the
179firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad
180firmware will behave in many situations.
181
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182The driver enables the HKEY ("hot key") event reporting automatically
183when loaded, and disables it when it is removed.
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2586d566 185The driver will report HKEY events in the following format:
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187 ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
188
2586d566 189Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all of them.
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191The driver will generate events over the input layer for hot keys and
192radio switches, and over the ACPI netlink layer for other events. The
193input layer support accepts the standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes
194assigned to each hot key.
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195
196The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate
197events. If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware
198will handle it. If it is "unmasked", it signals the firmware that
199thinkpad-acpi would prefer to handle it, if the firmware would be so
200kind to allow it (and it often doesn't!).
201
202Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can be
203modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled
204by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all, and in those
205models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. The behaviour of
d0788cfb 206the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model.
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207
208Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior. For
209example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable
210Bluetooth by itself.
211
212Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI.
213For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" buttons
214do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* be used
215through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/
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217procfs notes:
218
219The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
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221 echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys
222 echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
223 ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ...
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224 echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask
225
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226The following commands have been deprecated and will cause the kernel
227to log a warning:
228
229 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- does nothing
230 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- returns an error
231
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232The procfs interface does not support NVRAM polling control. So as to
233maintain maximum bug-to-bug compatibility, it does not report any masks,
234nor does it allow one to manipulate the hot key mask when the firmware
235does not support masks at all, even if NVRAM polling is in use.
236
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237sysfs notes:
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cc4c24e1 239 hotkey_bios_enabled:
2586d566 240 DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON.
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2586d566 242 Returns 0.
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cc4c24e1 244 hotkey_bios_mask:
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245 Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded.
246 Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored
247 to this value.
248
cc4c24e1 249 hotkey_enable:
2586d566 250 DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON.
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252 0: returns -EPERM
253 1: does nothing
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cc4c24e1 255 hotkey_mask:
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256 bit mask to enable driver-handling (and depending on
257 the firmware, ACPI event generation) for each hot key
258 (see above). Returns the current status of the hot keys
259 mask, and allows one to modify it.
260
261 Note: when NVRAM polling is active, the firmware mask
262 will be different from the value returned by
263 hotkey_mask. The driver will retain enabled bits for
264 hotkeys that are under NVRAM polling even if the
265 firmware refuses them, and will not set these bits on
266 the firmware hot key mask.
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268 hotkey_all_mask:
269 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
270 supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above.
271 Unless you know which events need to be handled
272 passively (because the firmware *will* handle them
273 anyway), do *not* use hotkey_all_mask. Use
274 hotkey_recommended_mask, instead. You have been warned.
275
276 hotkey_recommended_mask:
277 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
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278 supported hot keys, except those which are always
279 handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to
280 hotkey_mask above, to use.
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282 hotkey_source_mask:
283 bit mask that selects which hot keys will the driver
284 poll the NVRAM for. This is auto-detected by the driver
285 based on the capabilities reported by the ACPI firmware,
286 but it can be overridden at runtime.
287
288 Hot keys whose bits are set in both hotkey_source_mask
289 and also on hotkey_mask are polled for in NVRAM. Only a
290 few hot keys are available through CMOS NVRAM polling.
291
292 Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute
293 keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer,
294 so you have to use volume up or volume down to unmute,
295 as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user interface. When
296 in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute are reported as
297 separate events, but this behaviour may be corrected in
298 future releases of this driver, in which case the
d0788cfb 299 ThinkPad volume mixer user interface semantics will be
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300 enforced.
301
302 hotkey_poll_freq:
303 frequency in Hz for hot key polling. It must be between
304 0 and 25 Hz. Polling is only carried out when strictly
305 needed.
306
307 Setting hotkey_poll_freq to zero disables polling, and
308 will cause hot key presses that require NVRAM polling
309 to never be reported.
310
311 Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low will cause repeated
312 pressings of the same hot key to be misreported as a
313 single key press, or to not even be detected at all.
314 The recommended polling frequency is 10Hz.
315
74941a69 316 hotkey_radio_sw:
d147da73 317 If the ThinkPad has a hardware radio switch, this
74941a69 318 attribute will read 0 if the switch is in the "radios
d0788cfb 319 disabled" position, and 1 if the switch is in the
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320 "radios enabled" position.
321
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322 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
323
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324 hotkey_tablet_mode:
325 If the ThinkPad has tablet capabilities, this attribute
326 will read 0 if the ThinkPad is in normal mode, and
327 1 if the ThinkPad is in tablet mode.
328
329 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
330
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331 hotkey_report_mode:
332 Returns the state of the procfs ACPI event report mode
333 filter for hot keys. If it is set to 1 (the default),
334 all hot key presses are reported both through the input
335 layer and also as ACPI events through procfs (but not
336 through netlink). If it is set to 2, hot key presses
337 are reported only through the input layer.
338
339 This attribute is read-only in kernels 2.6.23 or later,
340 and read-write on earlier kernels.
341
342 May return -EPERM (write access locked out by module
343 parameter) or -EACCES (read-only).
344
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345 wakeup_reason:
346 Set to 1 if the system is waking up because the user
347 requested a bay ejection. Set to 2 if the system is
348 waking up because the user requested the system to
349 undock. Set to zero for normal wake-ups or wake-ups
350 due to unknown reasons.
351
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352 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
353
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354 wakeup_hotunplug_complete:
355 Set to 1 if the system was waken up because of an
356 undock or bay ejection request, and that request
d0788cfb 357 was successfully completed. At this point, it might
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358 be useful to send the system back to sleep, at the
359 user's choice. Refer to HKEY events 0x4003 and
360 0x3003, below.
361
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362 This attribute has poll()/select() support.
363
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364input layer notes:
365
366A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly
367followed by an EV_MSC MSC_SCAN event that shall contain that key's scan
368code. An EV_SYN event will always be generated to mark the end of the
369event block.
370
371Do not use the EV_MSC MSC_SCAN events to process keys. They are to be
372used as a helper to remap keys, only. They are particularly useful when
373remapping KEY_UNKNOWN keys.
374
375The events are available in an input device, with the following id:
376
377 Bus: BUS_HOST
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378 vendor: 0x1014 (PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM) or
379 0x17aa (PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO)
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380 product: 0x5054 ("TP")
381 version: 0x4101
382
383The version will have its LSB incremented if the keymap changes in a
384backwards-compatible way. The MSB shall always be 0x41 for this input
385device. If the MSB is not 0x41, do not use the device as described in
386this section, as it is either something else (e.g. another input device
387exported by a thinkpad driver, such as HDAPS) or its functionality has
388been changed in a non-backwards compatible way.
389
390Adding other event types for other functionalities shall be considered a
391backwards-compatible change for this input device.
392
393Thinkpad-acpi Hot Key event map (version 0x4101):
394
395ACPI Scan
396event code Key Notes
397
3980x1001 0x00 FN+F1 -
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400 Lenovo: Screen lock
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4020x1003 0x02 FN+F3 Many IBM models always report
403 this hot key, even with hot keys
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404 disabled or with Fn+F3 masked
405 off
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406 IBM: screen lock
407 Lenovo: battery
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4090x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button
d0788cfb 410 semantics, i.e. sleep-to-RAM).
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411 It is always generate some kind
412 of event, either the hot key
413 event or a ACPI sleep button
414 event. The firmware may
415 refuse to generate further FN+F4
416 key presses until a S3 or S4 ACPI
417 sleep cycle is performed or some
418 time passes.
419
4200x1005 0x04 FN+F5 Radio. Enables/disables
d0788cfb 421 the internal Bluetooth hardware
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422 and W-WAN card if left in control
423 of the firmware. Does not affect
424 the WLAN card.
edf0e0e5 425 Should be used to turn on/off all
d0788cfb 426 radios (Bluetooth+W-WAN+WLAN),
edf0e0e5 427 really.
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428
4290x1006 0x05 FN+F6 -
430
4310x1007 0x06 FN+F7 Video output cycle.
432 Do you feel lucky today?
433
edf0e0e5 4340x1008 0x07 FN+F8 IBM: toggle screen expand
d0788cfb 435 Lenovo: configure UltraNav
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436
4370x1009 0x08 FN+F9 -
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438 .. .. ..
4390x100B 0x0A FN+F11 -
440
4410x100C 0x0B FN+F12 Sleep to disk. You are always
442 supposed to handle it yourself,
443 either through the ACPI event,
444 or through a hotkey event.
445 The firmware may refuse to
446 generate further FN+F4 key
447 press events until a S3 or S4
448 ACPI sleep cycle is performed,
449 or some time passes.
450
4510x100D 0x0C FN+BACKSPACE -
4520x100E 0x0D FN+INSERT -
4530x100F 0x0E FN+DELETE -
454
4550x1010 0x0F FN+HOME Brightness up. This key is
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456 always handled by the firmware
457 in IBM ThinkPads, even when
458 unmasked. Just leave it alone.
459 For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new
460 BIOS, it has to be handled either
461 by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace.
4620x1011 0x10 FN+END Brightness down. See brightness
463 up for details.
464
d0788cfb 4650x1012 0x11 FN+PGUP ThinkLight toggle. This key is
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466 always handled by the firmware,
467 even when unmasked.
468
4690x1013 0x12 FN+PGDOWN -
470
4710x1014 0x13 FN+SPACE Zoom key
472
4730x1015 0x14 VOLUME UP Internal mixer volume up. This
474 key is always handled by the
475 firmware, even when unmasked.
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476 NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
477 this.
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4780x1016 0x15 VOLUME DOWN Internal mixer volume up. This
479 key is always handled by the
480 firmware, even when unmasked.
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481 NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
482 this.
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4830x1017 0x16 MUTE Mute internal mixer. This
484 key is always handled by the
485 firmware, even when unmasked.
486
d0788cfb 4870x1018 0x17 THINKPAD ThinkPad/Access IBM/Lenovo key
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488
4890x1019 0x18 unknown
490.. .. ..
4910x1020 0x1F unknown
492
493The ThinkPad firmware does not allow one to differentiate when most hot
494keys are pressed or released (either that, or we don't know how to, yet).
495For these keys, the driver generates a set of events for a key press and
496immediately issues the same set of events for a key release. It is
497unknown by the driver if the ThinkPad firmware triggered these events on
498hot key press or release, but the firmware will do it for either one, not
499both.
500
ff80f137 501If a key is mapped to KEY_RESERVED, it generates no input events at all.
6a38abbf 502If a key is mapped to KEY_UNKNOWN, it generates an input event that
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503includes an scan code. If a key is mapped to anything else, it will
504generate input device EV_KEY events.
6a38abbf 505
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506In addition to the EV_KEY events, thinkpad-acpi may also issue EV_SW
507events for switches:
508
19f59460 509SW_RFKILL_ALL T60 and later hardware rfkill rocker switch
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510SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A
511
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512Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map:
5130x5001 Lid closed
5140x5002 Lid opened
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5150x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode
5160x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode
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5170x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state
518
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519The above events are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy
520compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1.
521
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5220x2304 System is waking up from suspend to undock
5230x2305 System is waking up from suspend to eject bay
5240x2404 System is waking up from hibernation to undock
5250x2405 System is waking up from hibernation to eject bay
526
527The above events are never propagated by the driver.
528
5290x3003 Bay ejection (see 0x2x05) complete, can sleep again
5300x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again
d0788cfb 5310x500B Tablet pen inserted into its storage bay
d1edb2b5 5320x500C Tablet pen removed from its storage bay
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5330x5010 Brightness level changed (newer Lenovo BIOSes)
534
535The above events are propagated by the driver.
536
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537Compatibility notes:
538
539ibm-acpi and thinkpad-acpi 0.15 (mainline kernels before 2.6.23) never
540supported the input layer, and sent events over the procfs ACPI event
541interface.
542
543To avoid sending duplicate events over the input layer and the ACPI
544event interface, thinkpad-acpi 0.16 implements a module parameter
545(hotkey_report_mode), and also a sysfs device attribute with the same
546name.
547
548Make no mistake here: userspace is expected to switch to using the input
549layer interface of thinkpad-acpi, together with the ACPI netlink event
550interface in kernels 2.6.23 and later, or with the ACPI procfs event
551interface in kernels 2.6.22 and earlier.
552
553If no hotkey_report_mode module parameter is specified (or it is set to
554zero), the driver defaults to mode 1 (see below), and on kernels 2.6.22
555and earlier, also allows one to change the hotkey_report_mode through
556sysfs. In kernels 2.6.23 and later, where the netlink ACPI event
557interface is available, hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed through
558sysfs (it is read-only).
559
560If the hotkey_report_mode module parameter is set to 1 or 2, it cannot
561be changed later through sysfs (any writes will return -EPERM to signal
562that hotkey_report_mode was locked. On 2.6.23 and later, where
d0788cfb 563hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed at all, writes will return -EACCES).
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564
565hotkey_report_mode set to 1 makes the driver export through the procfs
566ACPI event interface all hot key presses (which are *also* sent to the
567input layer). This is a legacy compatibility behaviour, and it is also
568the default mode of operation for the driver.
569
570hotkey_report_mode set to 2 makes the driver filter out the hot key
571presses from the procfs ACPI event interface, so these events will only
572be sent through the input layer. Userspace that has been updated to use
573the thinkpad-acpi input layer interface should set hotkey_report_mode to
5742.
575
576Hot key press events are never sent to the ACPI netlink event interface.
577Really up-to-date userspace under kernel 2.6.23 and later is to use the
578netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all
579with hotkey_report_mode.
580
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583
584These are the current sane choices for brightness key mapping in
585thinkpad-acpi:
586
587For IBM and Lenovo models *without* ACPI backlight control (the ones on
588which thinkpad-acpi will autoload its backlight interface by default,
589and on which ACPI video does not export a backlight interface):
590
5911. Don't enable or map the brightness hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, as
592 these older firmware versions unfortunately won't respect the hotkey
593 mask for brightness keys anyway, and always reacts to them. This
594 usually work fine, unless X.org drivers are doing something to block
595 the BIOS. In that case, use (3) below. This is the default mode of
596 operation.
597
5982. Enable the hotkeys, but map them to something else that is NOT
599 KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP/DOWN or any other keycode that would cause
600 userspace to try to change the backlight level, and use that as an
601 on-screen-display hint.
602
6033. IF AND ONLY IF X.org drivers find a way to block the firmware from
604 automatically changing the brightness, enable the hotkeys and map
605 them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN, and feed that to
606 something that calls xbacklight. thinkpad-acpi will not be able to
607 change brightness in that case either, so you should disable its
608 backlight interface.
609
610For Lenovo models *with* ACPI backlight control:
611
6121. Load up ACPI video and use that. ACPI video will report ACPI
613 events for brightness change keys. Do not mess with thinkpad-acpi
614 defaults in this case. thinkpad-acpi should not have anything to do
615 with backlight events in a scenario where ACPI video is loaded:
616 brightness hotkeys must be disabled, and the backlight interface is
617 to be kept disabled as well. This is the default mode of operation.
618
6192. Do *NOT* load up ACPI video, enable the hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi,
620 and map them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN. Process
621 these keys on userspace somehow (e.g. by calling xbacklight).
622
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624Bluetooth
625---------
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d3a6ade4 627procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
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628sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable (deprecated)
629sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_bluetooth_sw"
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630
631This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad
632Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot.
633
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634If the ThinkPad supports it, the Bluetooth state is stored in NVRAM,
635so it is kept across reboots and power-off.
636
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637Procfs notes:
638
639If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
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640
641 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
642 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
643
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644Sysfs notes:
645
646 If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled /
cc4c24e1 647 disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
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648 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
649
650 enable:
651 0: disables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is disabled
652 1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled.
653
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654 Note: this interface has been superseded by the generic rfkill
655 class. It has been deprecated, and it will be removed in year
656 2010.
657
658 rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_bluetooth_sw": refer to
659 Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
d3a6ade4 660
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662Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video
663--------------------------------------------
664
665This feature allows control over the devices used for video output -
666LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
667
668 echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
669 echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
670 echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
671 echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
672 echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
673 echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
674 echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
675 echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
676 echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
677 echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
678
679Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
680Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
681
682Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled. When automatic
683video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid,
684docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change
685automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering
686and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching,
687the flickering or video corruption can be avoided.
688
689The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs
78f81cc4 690(it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
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691
692Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls
693whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a
694mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current
695video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature.
696
697Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics
698chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents
699Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching
700features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as
701Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work.
702
078ac19e 703UPDATE: refer to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000
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706ThinkLight control
707------------------
708
709procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/light
65807cc2 710sysfs attributes: as per LED class, for the "tpacpi::thinklight" LED
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711
712procfs notes:
1da177e4 713
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714The ThinkLight status can be read and set through the procfs interface. A
715few models which do not make the status available will show the ThinkLight
716status as "unknown". The available commands are:
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717
718 echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
719 echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
720
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721sysfs notes:
722
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723The ThinkLight sysfs interface is documented by the LED class
724documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt. The ThinkLight LED name
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725is "tpacpi::thinklight".
726
078ac19e 727Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the ThinkLight
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728cannot be read or if it is unknown, thinkpad-acpi will report it as "off".
729It is impossible to know if the status returned through sysfs is valid.
730
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78f81cc4 732Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
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733------------------------------------------
734
735Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some
736actions to be taken by the operating system to safely make or break
737the electrical connections with the dock.
738
739The docking feature of this driver generates the following ACPI events:
740
741 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000001 -- eject request
742 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000002 -- undocked
743 ibm/dock GDCK 00000000 00000003 -- docked
744
745NOTE: These events will only be generated if the laptop was docked
746when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for
747hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was
748booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the
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749logs:
750
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752
753In this case, no dock-related events are generated but the dock and
754undock commands described below still work. They can be executed
755manually or triggered by Fn key combinations (see the example acpid
756configuration files included in the driver tarball package available
757on the web site).
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758
759When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event
760above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the
761following command:
762
763 echo undock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
764
765After the LED on the dock goes off, it is safe to eject the laptop.
766Note: if you pressed this key by mistake, go ahead and eject the
767laptop, then dock it back in. Otherwise, the dock may not function as
768expected.
769
770When the laptop is docked, the third event above is generated. The
771handler for this event should issue the following command to fully
772enable the dock:
773
774 echo dock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
775
776The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock file shows the current status
777of the dock, as provided by the ACPI framework.
778
779The docking support in this driver does not take care of enabling or
780disabling any other devices you may have attached to the dock. For
781example, a CD drive plugged into the UltraBase needs to be disabled or
782enabled separately. See the provided example acpid configuration files
783for how this can be accomplished.
784
785There is no support yet for PCI devices that may be attached to a
786docking station, e.g. in the ThinkPad Dock II. The driver currently
787does not recognize, enable or disable such devices. This means that
788the only docking stations currently supported are the X-series
789UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the
790latter don't need any ACPI support, actually).
791
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78f81cc4 793UltraBay eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
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794------------------------------------
795
796Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be
797taken by the operating system to safely make or break the electrical
798connections with the device.
799
800This feature generates the following ACPI events:
801
802 ibm/bay MSTR 00000003 00000000 -- eject request
803 ibm/bay MSTR 00000001 00000000 -- eject lever inserted
804
805NOTE: These events will only be generated if the UltraBay was present
806when the laptop was originally booted (on the X series, the UltraBay
807is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked).
808This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices
809in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the
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810UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs:
811
643f12db 812 Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: bay device not present
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813
814In this case, no bay-related events are generated but the eject
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815command described below still works. It can be executed manually or
816triggered by a hot key combination.
817
818Sliding the eject lever generates the first event shown above. The
819handler for this event should take whatever actions are necessary to
820shut down the device in the UltraBay (e.g. call idectl), then issue
821the following command:
822
823 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
824
825After the LED on the UltraBay goes off, it is safe to pull out the
826device.
827
828When the eject lever is inserted, the second event above is
829generated. The handler for this event should take whatever actions are
830necessary to enable the UltraBay device (e.g. call idectl).
831
832The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status
833of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework.
834
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835EXPERIMENTAL warm eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x (To use
836this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when
837loading the module):
838
839These models do not have a button near the UltraBay device to request
840a hot eject but rather require the laptop to be put to sleep
841(suspend-to-ram) before the bay device is ejected or inserted).
842The sequence of steps to eject the device is as follows:
843
844 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
845 put the ThinkPad to sleep
846 remove the drive
847 resume from sleep
848 cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bay should show that the drive was removed
849
850On the A3x, both the UltraBay 2000 and UltraBay Plus devices are
851supported. Use "eject2" instead of "eject" for the second bay.
1da177e4 852
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853Note: the UltraBay eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x is
854EXPERIMENTAL and may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION!
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856
857CMOS/UCMS control
858-----------------
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859
860procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
861sysfs device attribute: cmos_command
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863This feature is mostly used internally by the ACPI firmware to keep the legacy
864CMOS NVRAM bits in sync with the current machine state, and to record this
865state so that the ThinkPad will retain such settings across reboots.
866
867Some of these commands actually perform actions in some ThinkPad models, but
868this is expected to disappear more and more in newer models. As an example, in
869a T43 and in a X40, commands 12 and 13 still control the ThinkLight state for
870real, but commands 0 to 2 don't control the mixer anymore (they have been
871phased out) and just update the NVRAM.
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873The range of valid cmos command numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an
874effect and the behavior varies from model to model. Here is the behavior
875on the X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility):
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877 0 - Related to "Volume down" key press
878 1 - Related to "Volume up" key press
879 2 - Related to "Mute on" key press
880 3 - Related to "Access IBM" key press
d0788cfb 881 4 - Related to "LCD brightness up" key press
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882 5 - Related to "LCD brightness down" key press
883 11 - Related to "toggle screen expansion" key press/function
884 12 - Related to "ThinkLight on"
885 13 - Related to "ThinkLight off"
d0788cfb 886 14 - Related to "ThinkLight" key press (toggle ThinkLight)
1da177e4 887
b616004c 888The cmos command interface is prone to firmware split-brain problems, as
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889in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer. Do not use it, it is
890exported just as a debug tool.
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893LED control
894-----------
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af116101 896procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/led
65807cc2 897sysfs attributes: as per LED class, see below for names
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898
899Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. On
900some older ThinkPad models, it is possible to query the status of the
901LED indicators as well. Newer ThinkPads cannot query the real status
902of the LED indicators.
903
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904Because misuse of the LEDs could induce an unaware user to perform
905dangerous actions (like undocking or ejecting a bay device while the
906buses are still active), or mask an important alarm (such as a nearly
907empty battery, or a broken battery), access to most LEDs is
908restricted.
909
910Unrestricted access to all LEDs requires that thinkpad-acpi be
911compiled with the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_UNSAFE_LEDS option enabled.
912Distributions must never enable this option. Individual users that
913are aware of the consequences are welcome to enabling it.
914
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915procfs notes:
916
917The available commands are:
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919 echo '<LED number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
920 echo '<LED number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
921 echo '<LED number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
1da177e4 922
65807cc2 923The <LED number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be
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924controlled varies from model to model. Here is the common ThinkPad
925mapping:
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926
927 0 - power
928 1 - battery (orange)
929 2 - battery (green)
af116101 930 3 - UltraBase/dock
1da177e4 931 4 - UltraBay
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932 5 - UltraBase battery slot
933 6 - (unknown)
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934 7 - standby
935
936All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink.
937
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938sysfs notes:
939
65807cc2 940The ThinkPad LED sysfs interface is described in detail by the LED class
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941documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt.
942
943The leds are named (in LED ID order, from 0 to 7):
944"tpacpi::power", "tpacpi:orange:batt", "tpacpi:green:batt",
945"tpacpi::dock_active", "tpacpi::bay_active", "tpacpi::dock_batt",
946"tpacpi::unknown_led", "tpacpi::standby".
947
65807cc2 948Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the LED
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949indicators cannot be read due to an error, thinkpad-acpi will report it as
950a brightness of zero (same as LED off).
951
952If the thinkpad firmware doesn't support reading the current status,
953trying to read the current LED brightness will just return whatever
954brightness was last written to that attribute.
955
956These LEDs can blink using hardware acceleration. To request that a
957ThinkPad indicator LED should blink in hardware accelerated mode, use the
958"timer" trigger, and leave the delay_on and delay_off parameters set to
959zero (to request hardware acceleration autodetection).
960
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962ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
963----------------------------------
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964
965The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide
78f81cc4 966audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same
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967sounds to be triggered manually.
968
969The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
970
78f81cc4 971 echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
1da177e4 972
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973The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds
974and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
975X40:
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977 0 - stop a sound in progress (but use 17 to stop 16)
978 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery")
1da177e4 979 3 - single beep
78f81cc4 980 4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable")
1da177e4 981 5 - single beep
78f81cc4 982 6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC")
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983 7 - high-pitched beep
984 9 - three short beeps
985 10 - very long beep
986 12 - low-pitched beep
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987 15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0
988 16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17
989 17 - stop 16
990
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992Temperature sensors
993-------------------
994
995procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
7fd40029 996sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") temp*_input
78f81cc4 997
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998Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only
999expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods. This
1000feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older
1001ThinkPads, and up to sixteen different sensors on newer ThinkPads.
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1002
1003For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
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1004temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
1005
3d6f99ca 1006On the T43/p, a typical output may be:
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1007temperatures: 48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128
1008
1009The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on
1010system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model).
1011
1012http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that
1013tries to track down these locations for various models.
1014
1015Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern:
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1016
10171: CPU
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10182: (depends on model)
10193: (depends on model)
78f81cc4 10204: GPU
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10215: Main battery: main sensor
10226: Bay battery: main sensor
10237: Main battery: secondary sensor
10248: Bay battery: secondary sensor
10259-15: (depends on model)
1026
1027For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber):
10282: Mini-PCI
10293: Internal HDD
1030
1031For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org)
1032http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p
10332: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp
10343: PCMCIA slot
10359: MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus
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103610: Clock-generator, mini-pci card and ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI
1037 card, under touchpad
60eb0b35 103811: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key
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1040The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors
1041(source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31)
10421: CPU
10432: Main Battery: main sensor
10443: Power Converter
10454: Bay Battery: main sensor
10465: MCH (northbridge)
10476: PCMCIA/ambient
10487: Main Battery: secondary sensor
10498: Bay Battery: secondary sensor
1050
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1052Procfs notes:
1053 Readings from sensors that are not available return -128.
1054 No commands can be written to this file.
1055
1056Sysfs notes:
1057 Sensors that are not available return the ENXIO error. This
1058 status may change at runtime, as there are hotplug thermal
1059 sensors, like those inside the batteries and docks.
1060
1061 thinkpad-acpi thermal sensors are reported through the hwmon
1062 subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at
1063 Documentation/hwmon.
1064
1065
d6bc8ac9 1066EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump -- /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
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1067------------------------------------------------------------------------
1068
1069This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
1070directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
1071WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
1072experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
1073
1074This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller
1075registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers
1076were dumped are marked with a star:
1077
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1079EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
1080EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
1081EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
1082EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
1083EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
1084EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
1085EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc
1086EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1087EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80
1088EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
1089EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1090EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00
1091EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1092EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1093EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1094EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
1095EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
1096
1097This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan
1098speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
1099
1100 - make sure the battery is fully charged
1101 - make sure the fan is running
1102 - run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so
1103
1104The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't
1105vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since
1106the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the
1107fan register with a star:
1108
837ca6dd 1109[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
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1110EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
1111EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
1112EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
1113EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
1114EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
1115EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
1116EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc
1117EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1118EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80
1119EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
1120EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1121EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00
1122EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1123EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1124EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1125EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
1126EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
1127
1128Another set of values that varies often is the temperature
1129readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
1130several quick dumps to eliminate them.
1131
1132You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other
1133embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes
1134except the charging or discharging battery to determine which
1135registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
1136with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
1137a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
1138
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1140LCD brightness control
1141----------------------
1142
1143procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1144sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen"
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1145
1146This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
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1147models which don't have a hardware brightness slider.
1148
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1149It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned
1150on or off by this interface, it just controls the backlight brightness
1151level.
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1152
1153On IBM (and some of the earlier Lenovo) ThinkPads, the backlight control
1154has eight brightness levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the levels
1155may not be distinct. Later Lenovo models that implement the ACPI
1156display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging
1157from 0 to 15.
1158
1159There are two interfaces to the firmware for direct brightness control,
0e501834 1160EC and UCMS (or CMOS). To select which one should be used, use the
a3f104c0 1161brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode,
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1162brightness_mode=2 selects UCMS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects EC
1163mode with NVRAM backing (so that brightness changes are remembered
1164across shutdown/reboot).
1165
1166The driver tries to select which interface to use from a table of
1167defaults for each ThinkPad model. If it makes a wrong choice, please
1168report this as a bug, so that we can fix it.
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1169
1170When display backlight brightness controls are available through the
1171standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct
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1172ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native
1173backlight brightness control interface if it detects that the standard
1174ACPI interface is available in the ThinkPad.
24d3b774 1175
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1176The brightness_enable module parameter can be used to control whether
1177the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available.
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1178brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled. brightness_enable=1
1179forces it to be enabled when available, even if the standard ACPI
1180interface is also available.
87cc537a 1181
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1182Procfs notes:
1183
1184 The available commands are:
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1185
1186 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1187 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1188 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1189
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1190Sysfs notes:
1191
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1192The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is
1193poorly documented at this time.
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1195Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside
1196it there will be the following attributes:
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1197
1198 max_brightness:
1199 Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to.
1200 The minimum is always zero.
1201
1202 actual_brightness:
1203 Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant.
1204
1205 brightness:
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1206 Writes request the driver to change brightness to the
1207 given value. Reads will tell you what brightness the
1208 driver is trying to set the display to when "power" is set
1209 to zero and the display has not been dimmed by a kernel
1210 power management event.
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1211
1212 power:
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1213 power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3
1214 will dim the display backlight to brightness level 0
1215 because thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight
1216 off. Kernel power management events can temporarily
1217 increase the current power management level, i.e. they can
1218 dim the display.
7d5a015e 1219
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1221WARNING:
1222
1223 Whatever you do, do NOT ever call thinkpad-acpi backlight-level change
1224 interface and the ACPI-based backlight level change interface
1225 (available on newer BIOSes, and driven by the Linux ACPI video driver)
1226 at the same time. The two will interact in bad ways, do funny things,
1227 and maybe reduce the life of the backlight lamps by needlessly kicking
1228 its level up and down at every change.
1229
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1231Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1232---------------------------------------
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1233
1234This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
1235a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
1236
1237 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1238 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1239 echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1240 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1241
1242The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be
1243distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
1244up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume).
1245The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file.
1246
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1247The ALSA mixer interface to this feature is still missing, but patches
1248to add it exist. That problem should be addressed in the not so
1249distant future.
1250
1251
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1252Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
1253---------------------------------------------------------
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1254
1255procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
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1256sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") fan1_input, pwm1,
1257 pwm1_enable
1258sysfs hwmon driver attributes: fan_watchdog
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1260NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for
1261safety reasons. To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1"
1262must be given to thinkpad-acpi.
78f81cc4 1263
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1264This feature attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and
1265other fan data that might be available. The speed is read directly
1266from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known
ecf2a80a 1267to work on later R, T, X and Z series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
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1268value on other models.
1269
fe98a52c 1270Fan levels:
a12095c2 1271
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1272Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface. Level 0
1273stops the fan. The higher the level, the higher the fan speed, although
1274adjacent levels often map to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest
1275level, where the fan reaches the maximum recommended speed.
78f81cc4 1276
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1277Level "auto" means the EC changes the fan level according to some
1278internal algorithm, usually based on readings from the thermal sensors.
78f81cc4 1279
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1280There is also a "full-speed" level, also known as "disengaged" level.
1281In this level, the EC disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control,
1282and drives the fan as fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware
1283limits, so use this level with caution.
78f81cc4 1284
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1285The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another, and
1286it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
1287commands. The full-speed level may take up to two minutes to ramp up to
1288maximum speed, and in some ThinkPads, the tachometer readings go stale
1289while the EC is transitioning to the full-speed level.
a12095c2 1290
78f81cc4 1291WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
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1292monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
1293enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
1294
1295An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
1296ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow. This is
01dd2fbf 1297normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the various thermal readings
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1298rise too much.
1299
1300On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
1301Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature
1302climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees. The
1303fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the
1304HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot
1305currently be controlled.
1306
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1307The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
1308certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done
1309through thinkpad-acpi.
1310
1311The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
1312level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the procfs
1313fan commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog", or if there
1314are no writes to pwm1_enable (or to pwm1 *if and only if* pwm1_enable is
1315set to 1, manual mode) within a configurable amount of time of up to
1316120 seconds. This functionality is called fan safety watchdog.
1317
1318Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will be
1319rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of the
1320above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is,
1321therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made through
1322means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" procfs fan
1323commands, or the hwmon fan control sysfs interface.
1324
1325Procfs notes:
1326
1327The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:
1328
1329 echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1330 echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1331
1332Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan
1333will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.
1334
a12095c2 1335The fan level can be controlled with the command:
78f81cc4 1336
fe98a52c 1337 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
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1339Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto" or
1340"full-speed" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the "auto"
1341and "full-speed" levels. The driver accepts "disengaged" as an alias for
1342"full-speed", and reports it as "disengaged" for backwards
1343compatibility.
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1344
1345On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be
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1347forced to run faster or slower with the following command:
1348
fe98a52c 1349 echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
78f81cc4 1350
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1351The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from about
13523700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have any
1353effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that range. The
1354fan cannot be stopped or started with this command. This functionality
1355is incomplete, and not available through the sysfs interface.
78f81cc4 1356
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1357To program the safety watchdog, use the "watchdog" command.
1358
1359 echo 'watchdog <interval in seconds>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1360
1361If you want to disable the watchdog, use 0 as the interval.
1362
1363Sysfs notes:
1364
1365The sysfs interface follows the hwmon subsystem guidelines for the most
1366part, and the exception is the fan safety watchdog.
1367
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1368Writes to any of the sysfs attributes may return the EINVAL error if
1369that operation is not supported in a given ThinkPad or if the parameter
1370is out-of-bounds, and EPERM if it is forbidden. They may also return
1371EINTR (interrupted system call), and EIO (I/O error while trying to talk
1372to the firmware).
1373
1374Features not yet implemented by the driver return ENOSYS.
1375
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1376hwmon device attribute pwm1_enable:
1377 0: PWM offline (fan is set to full-speed mode)
1378 1: Manual PWM control (use pwm1 to set fan level)
1379 2: Hardware PWM control (EC "auto" mode)
1380 3: reserved (Software PWM control, not implemented yet)
1381
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1382 Modes 0 and 2 are not supported by all ThinkPads, and the
1383 driver is not always able to detect this. If it does know a
1384 mode is unsupported, it will return -EINVAL.
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1385
1386hwmon device attribute pwm1:
1387 Fan level, scaled from the firmware values of 0-7 to the hwmon
1388 scale of 0-255. 0 means fan stopped, 255 means highest normal
1389 speed (level 7).
1390
1391 This attribute only commands the fan if pmw1_enable is set to 1
1392 (manual PWM control).
1393
1394hwmon device attribute fan1_input:
1395 Fan tachometer reading, in RPM. May go stale on certain
1396 ThinkPads while the EC transitions the PWM to offline mode,
1397 which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older
1398 ThinkPads.
1399
7fd40029 1400hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog:
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1401 Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is
1402 1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog.
1403
1404To stop the fan: set pwm1 to zero, and pwm1_enable to 1.
1405
1406To start the fan in a safe mode: set pwm1_enable to 2. If that fails
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1407with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255
1408would be the safest choice, though).
1da177e4 1409
38f996ed 1410
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1411WAN
1412---
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1413
1414procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
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1415sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable (deprecated)
1416sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw"
28b779d1 1417
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1418This feature shows the presence and current state of the built-in
1419Wireless WAN device.
1420
1421If the ThinkPad supports it, the WWAN state is stored in NVRAM,
1422so it is kept across reboots and power-off.
d3a6ade4 1423
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1424It was tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad X60. It should probably work on other
1425ThinkPad models which come with this module installed.
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1426
1427Procfs notes:
1428
1429If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used:
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1430
1431 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1432 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1433
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1434Sysfs notes:
1435
1436 If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled /
cc4c24e1 1437 disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
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1438 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
1439
1440 enable:
1441 0: disables WWAN card / WWAN card is disabled
1442 1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled.
1443
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1444 Note: this interface has been superseded by the generic rfkill
1445 class. It has been deprecated, and it will be removed in year
1446 2010.
1447
1448 rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw": refer to
1449 Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
1da177e4 1450
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1452EXPERIMENTAL: UWB
1453-----------------
1454
1455This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively
1456tested and validated in various ThinkPad models yet. The feature may not
1457work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply
1458the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
1459
1460sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw"
1461
1462This feature exports an rfkill controller for the UWB device, if one is
1463present and enabled in the BIOS.
1464
1465Sysfs notes:
1466
1467 rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw": refer to
1468 Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
1469
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1471Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
1472------------------------------------
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1473
1474Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by
1475separating them with commas, for example:
1476
1477 echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
1478 echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
1479
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1480Commands can also be specified when loading the thinkpad-acpi module,
1481for example:
1da177e4 1482
643f12db 1483 modprobe thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
1da177e4 1484
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1486Enabling debugging output
1487-------------------------
1488
0f035b8e 1489The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively
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1490enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
1491
5f24927f 1492 modprobe thinkpad_acpi debug=0xffff
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1493
1494will enable all debugging output classes. It takes a bitmask, so
1495to enable more than one output class, just add their values.
1496
fe08bc4b 1497 Debug bitmask Description
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1498 0x8000 Disclose PID of userspace programs
1499 accessing some functions of the driver
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1500 0x0001 Initialization and probing
1501 0x0002 Removal
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1502 0x0004 RF Transmitter control (RFKILL)
1503 (bluetooth, WWAN, UWB...)
56e2c200 1504 0x0008 HKEY event interface, hotkeys
74a60c0f 1505 0x0010 Fan control
0e501834 1506 0x0020 Backlight brightness
fe08bc4b 1507
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1508There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging
1509information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems.
0dcef77c 1510
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1511The level of debugging information output by the driver can be changed
1512at runtime through sysfs, using the driver attribute debug_level. The
1513attribute takes the same bitmask as the debug module parameter above.
1514
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1516Force loading of module
1517-----------------------
1518
1519If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify
1520the module parameter force_load=1. Regardless of whether this works or
1521not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report.
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1522
1523
1524Sysfs interface changelog:
1525
15260x000100: Initial sysfs support, as a single platform driver and
1527 device.
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15280x000200: Hot key support for 32 hot keys, and radio slider switch
1529 support.
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15300x010000: Hot keys are now handled by default over the input
1531 layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO,
1532 and the driver enables hot key handling by default in
1533 the firmware.
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1534
15350x020000: ABI fix: added a separate hwmon platform device and
1536 driver, which must be located by name (thinkpad)
1537 and the hwmon class for libsensors4 (lm-sensors 3)
1538 compatibility. Moved all hwmon attributes to this
1539 new platform device.
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1540
15410x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
1542 support. If you must, use it to know you should not
0211a9c8 1543 start a userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
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1544 NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is
1545 unneeded/undesired in the first place).
15460x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
d0788cfb 1547 and proper hotkey_mask semantics (version 8 of the
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1548 NVRAM polling patch). Some development snapshots of
1549 0.18 had an earlier version that did strange things
1550 to hotkey_mask.
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1551
15520x020200: Add poll()/select() support to the following attributes:
1553 hotkey_radio_sw, wakeup_hotunplug_complete, wakeup_reason
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1554
15550x020300: hotkey enable/disable support removed, attributes
1556 hotkey_bios_enabled and hotkey_enable deprecated and
1557 marked for removal.