![Henrique de Moraes Holschuh](/assets/img/avatar_default.png)
A quick study of the 0x5009/0x500A HKEY event on the X61t DSDT revealed the existence of the EC HTAB register (EC 0x0f, bit 7), and a compare with the X41t DSDT shows that HKEY.MHKG can be used to verify if the ThinkPad is tablet-capable (MHKG present), and in tablet mode (bit 3 of MHKG return is set). Add an attribute to report this information, "hotkey_tablet_mode". This attribute has poll()/select() support, and can be used along with EV_SW SW_TABLET_MODE to hook userspace to tablet events. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
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Version 0.19
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January 06th, 2008
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Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
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Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
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http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
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This is a Linux driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It
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supports various features of these laptops which are accessible
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through the ACPI and ACPI EC framework, but not otherwise fully
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supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers.
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This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release
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0.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was
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moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel
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2.6.22, and release 0.14.
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Status
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------
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The features currently supported are the following (see below for
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detailed description):
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- Fn key combinations
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- Bluetooth enable and disable
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- video output switching, expansion control
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- ThinkLight on and off
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- limited docking and undocking
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- UltraBay eject
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- CMOS control
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- LED control
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- ACPI sounds
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- temperature sensors
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- Experimental: embedded controller register dump
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- LCD brightness control
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- Volume control
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- Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
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- Experimental: WAN enable and disable
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A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
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site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
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reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table.
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Please include the following information in your report:
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- ThinkPad model name
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- a copy of your DSDT, from /proc/acpi/dsdt
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- a copy of the output of dmidecode, with serial numbers
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and UUIDs masked off
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- which driver features work and which don't
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- the observed behavior of non-working features
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Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome.
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Installation
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------------
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If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
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sources, simply enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI option, and optionally
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enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY option if you want the
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thinkpad-specific bay functionality.
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Features
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--------
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The driver exports two different interfaces to userspace, which can be
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used to access the features it provides. One is a legacy procfs-based
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interface, which will be removed at some time in the distant future.
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The other is a new sysfs-based interface which is not complete yet.
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The procfs interface creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory. There is a
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file under that directory for each feature it supports. The procfs
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interface is mostly frozen, and will change very little if at all: it
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will not be extended to add any new functionality in the driver, instead
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all new functionality will be implemented on the sysfs interface.
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The sysfs interface tries to blend in the generic Linux sysfs subsystems
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and classes as much as possible. Since some of these subsystems are not
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yet ready or stabilized, it is expected that this interface will change,
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and any and all userspace programs must deal with it.
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Notes about the sysfs interface:
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Unlike what was done with the procfs interface, correctness when talking
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to the sysfs interfaces will be enforced, as will correctness in the
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thinkpad-acpi's implementation of sysfs interfaces.
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Also, any bugs in the thinkpad-acpi sysfs driver code or in the
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thinkpad-acpi's implementation of the sysfs interfaces will be fixed for
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maximum correctness, even if that means changing an interface in
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non-compatible ways. As these interfaces mature both in the kernel and
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in thinkpad-acpi, such changes should become quite rare.
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Applications interfacing to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interfaces must
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follow all sysfs guidelines and correctly process all errors (the sysfs
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interface makes extensive use of errors). File descriptors and open /
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close operations to the sysfs inodes must also be properly implemented.
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The version of thinkpad-acpi's sysfs interface is exported by the driver
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as a driver attribute (see below).
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Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
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for 2.6.23 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/ and
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/sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_hwmon/
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Sysfs device attributes are on the thinkpad_acpi device sysfs attribute
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space, for 2.6.23 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
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Sysfs device attributes for the sensors and fan are on the
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thinkpad_hwmon device's sysfs attribute space, but you should locate it
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looking for a hwmon device with the name attribute of "thinkpad".
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Driver version
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procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
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sysfs driver attribute: version
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The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file.
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Sysfs interface version
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-----------------------
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sysfs driver attribute: interface_version
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Version of the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface, as an unsigned long
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(output in hex format: 0xAAAABBCC), where:
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AAAA - major revision
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BB - minor revision
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CC - bugfix revision
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The sysfs interface version changelog for the driver can be found at the
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end of this document. Changes to the sysfs interface done by the kernel
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subsystems are not documented here, nor are they tracked by this
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attribute.
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Changes to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface are only considered
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non-experimental when they are submitted to Linux mainline, at which
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point the changes in this interface are documented and interface_version
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may be updated. If you are using any thinkpad-acpi features not yet
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sent to mainline for merging, you do so on your own risk: these features
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may disappear, or be implemented in a different and incompatible way by
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the time they are merged in Linux mainline.
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Changes that are backwards-compatible by nature (e.g. the addition of
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attributes that do not change the way the other attributes work) do not
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always warrant an update of interface_version. Therefore, one must
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expect that an attribute might not be there, and deal with it properly
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(an attribute not being there *is* a valid way to make it clear that a
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feature is not available in sysfs).
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Hot keys
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procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
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sysfs device attribute: hotkey_*
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In a ThinkPad, the ACPI HKEY handler is responsible for communicating
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some important events and also keyboard hot key presses to the operating
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system. Enabling the hotkey functionality of thinkpad-acpi signals the
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firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad
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firmware will behave in many situations.
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The driver enables the hot key feature automatically when loaded. The
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feature can later be disabled and enabled back at runtime. The driver
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will also restore the hot key feature to its previous state and mask
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when it is unloaded.
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When the hotkey feature is enabled and the hot key mask is set (see
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below), the driver will report HKEY events in the following format:
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ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
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Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all.
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The driver will generate events over the input layer for hot keys and
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radio switches, and over the ACPI netlink layer for other events. The
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input layer support accepts the standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes
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assigned to each hot key.
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The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate
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events. If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware
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will handle it. If it is "unmasked", it signals the firmware that
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thinkpad-acpi would prefer to handle it, if the firmware would be so
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kind to allow it (and it often doesn't!).
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Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can be
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modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled
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by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all, and in those
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models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. The behaviour of
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the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model.
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Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior. For
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example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable
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Bluetooth by itself.
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Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI.
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For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" buttons
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do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* be used
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through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/
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procfs notes:
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The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
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echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature
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echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature
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echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys
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echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
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... any other 8-hex-digit mask ...
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echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask
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The procfs interface does not support NVRAM polling control. So as to
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maintain maximum bug-to-bug compatibility, it does not report any masks,
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nor does it allow one to manipulate the hot key mask when the firmware
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does not support masks at all, even if NVRAM polling is in use.
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sysfs notes:
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hotkey_bios_enabled:
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Returns the status of the hot keys feature when
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thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot
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key feature status will be restored to this value.
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0: hot keys were disabled
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1: hot keys were enabled (unusual)
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hotkey_bios_mask:
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Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded.
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Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored
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to this value.
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hotkey_enable:
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Enables/disables the hot keys feature in the ACPI
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firmware, and reports current status of the hot keys
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feature. Has no effect on the NVRAM hot key polling
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functionality.
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0: disables the hot keys feature / feature disabled
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1: enables the hot keys feature / feature enabled
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hotkey_mask:
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bit mask to enable driver-handling (and depending on
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the firmware, ACPI event generation) for each hot key
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(see above). Returns the current status of the hot keys
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mask, and allows one to modify it.
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Note: when NVRAM polling is active, the firmware mask
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will be different from the value returned by
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hotkey_mask. The driver will retain enabled bits for
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hotkeys that are under NVRAM polling even if the
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firmware refuses them, and will not set these bits on
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the firmware hot key mask.
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hotkey_all_mask:
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bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
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supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above.
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Unless you know which events need to be handled
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passively (because the firmware *will* handle them
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anyway), do *not* use hotkey_all_mask. Use
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hotkey_recommended_mask, instead. You have been warned.
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hotkey_recommended_mask:
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bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
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supported hot keys, except those which are always
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handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to
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hotkey_mask above, to use.
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hotkey_source_mask:
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bit mask that selects which hot keys will the driver
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poll the NVRAM for. This is auto-detected by the driver
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based on the capabilities reported by the ACPI firmware,
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but it can be overridden at runtime.
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Hot keys whose bits are set in both hotkey_source_mask
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and also on hotkey_mask are polled for in NVRAM. Only a
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few hot keys are available through CMOS NVRAM polling.
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Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute
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keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer,
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so you have to use volume up or volume down to unmute,
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as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user interface. When
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in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute are reported as
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separate events, but this behaviour may be corrected in
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future releases of this driver, in which case the
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ThinkPad volume mixer user interface semantics will be
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enforced.
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hotkey_poll_freq:
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frequency in Hz for hot key polling. It must be between
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0 and 25 Hz. Polling is only carried out when strictly
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needed.
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Setting hotkey_poll_freq to zero disables polling, and
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will cause hot key presses that require NVRAM polling
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to never be reported.
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Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low will cause repeated
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pressings of the same hot key to be misreported as a
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single key press, or to not even be detected at all.
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The recommended polling frequency is 10Hz.
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hotkey_radio_sw:
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If the ThinkPad has a hardware radio switch, this
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attribute will read 0 if the switch is in the "radios
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disabled" position, and 1 if the switch is in the
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"radios enabled" position.
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This attribute has poll()/select() support.
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hotkey_tablet_mode:
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If the ThinkPad has tablet capabilities, this attribute
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will read 0 if the ThinkPad is in normal mode, and
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1 if the ThinkPad is in tablet mode.
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This attribute has poll()/select() support.
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hotkey_report_mode:
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Returns the state of the procfs ACPI event report mode
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filter for hot keys. If it is set to 1 (the default),
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all hot key presses are reported both through the input
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layer and also as ACPI events through procfs (but not
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through netlink). If it is set to 2, hot key presses
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are reported only through the input layer.
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This attribute is read-only in kernels 2.6.23 or later,
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and read-write on earlier kernels.
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May return -EPERM (write access locked out by module
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parameter) or -EACCES (read-only).
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wakeup_reason:
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Set to 1 if the system is waking up because the user
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requested a bay ejection. Set to 2 if the system is
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waking up because the user requested the system to
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undock. Set to zero for normal wake-ups or wake-ups
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due to unknown reasons.
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This attribute has poll()/select() support.
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wakeup_hotunplug_complete:
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Set to 1 if the system was waken up because of an
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undock or bay ejection request, and that request
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was successfully completed. At this point, it might
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be useful to send the system back to sleep, at the
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user's choice. Refer to HKEY events 0x4003 and
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0x3003, below.
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This attribute has poll()/select() support.
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input layer notes:
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A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly
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followed by an EV_MSC MSC_SCAN event that shall contain that key's scan
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code. An EV_SYN event will always be generated to mark the end of the
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event block.
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Do not use the EV_MSC MSC_SCAN events to process keys. They are to be
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used as a helper to remap keys, only. They are particularly useful when
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remapping KEY_UNKNOWN keys.
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The events are available in an input device, with the following id:
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Bus: BUS_HOST
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vendor: 0x1014 (PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM) or
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0x17aa (PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO)
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product: 0x5054 ("TP")
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version: 0x4101
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The version will have its LSB incremented if the keymap changes in a
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backwards-compatible way. The MSB shall always be 0x41 for this input
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device. If the MSB is not 0x41, do not use the device as described in
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this section, as it is either something else (e.g. another input device
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exported by a thinkpad driver, such as HDAPS) or its functionality has
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been changed in a non-backwards compatible way.
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Adding other event types for other functionalities shall be considered a
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backwards-compatible change for this input device.
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Thinkpad-acpi Hot Key event map (version 0x4101):
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ACPI Scan
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event code Key Notes
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0x1001 0x00 FN+F1 -
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0x1002 0x01 FN+F2 IBM: battery (rare)
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Lenovo: Screen lock
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0x1003 0x02 FN+F3 Many IBM models always report
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this hot key, even with hot keys
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disabled or with Fn+F3 masked
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off
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IBM: screen lock
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Lenovo: battery
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0x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button
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semantics, i.e. sleep-to-RAM).
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It is always generate some kind
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of event, either the hot key
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event or a ACPI sleep button
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event. The firmware may
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refuse to generate further FN+F4
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key presses until a S3 or S4 ACPI
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sleep cycle is performed or some
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time passes.
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0x1005 0x04 FN+F5 Radio. Enables/disables
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the internal Bluetooth hardware
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and W-WAN card if left in control
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of the firmware. Does not affect
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the WLAN card.
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Should be used to turn on/off all
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radios (Bluetooth+W-WAN+WLAN),
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really.
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0x1006 0x05 FN+F6 -
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0x1007 0x06 FN+F7 Video output cycle.
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Do you feel lucky today?
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0x1008 0x07 FN+F8 IBM: toggle screen expand
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Lenovo: configure UltraNav
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0x1009 0x08 FN+F9 -
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.. .. ..
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0x100B 0x0A FN+F11 -
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0x100C 0x0B FN+F12 Sleep to disk. You are always
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supposed to handle it yourself,
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either through the ACPI event,
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or through a hotkey event.
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The firmware may refuse to
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generate further FN+F4 key
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press events until a S3 or S4
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ACPI sleep cycle is performed,
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or some time passes.
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0x100D 0x0C FN+BACKSPACE -
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0x100E 0x0D FN+INSERT -
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0x100F 0x0E FN+DELETE -
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0x1010 0x0F FN+HOME Brightness up. This key is
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always handled by the firmware
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in IBM ThinkPads, even when
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unmasked. Just leave it alone.
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For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new
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BIOS, it has to be handled either
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by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace.
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0x1011 0x10 FN+END Brightness down. See brightness
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up for details.
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0x1012 0x11 FN+PGUP ThinkLight toggle. This key is
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always handled by the firmware,
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even when unmasked.
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0x1013 0x12 FN+PGDOWN -
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0x1014 0x13 FN+SPACE Zoom key
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0x1015 0x14 VOLUME UP Internal mixer volume up. This
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key is always handled by the
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firmware, even when unmasked.
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NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
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this.
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0x1016 0x15 VOLUME DOWN Internal mixer volume up. This
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key is always handled by the
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firmware, even when unmasked.
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NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
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this.
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0x1017 0x16 MUTE Mute internal mixer. This
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key is always handled by the
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firmware, even when unmasked.
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0x1018 0x17 THINKPAD ThinkPad/Access IBM/Lenovo key
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0x1019 0x18 unknown
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.. .. ..
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0x1020 0x1F unknown
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The ThinkPad firmware does not allow one to differentiate when most hot
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keys are pressed or released (either that, or we don't know how to, yet).
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For these keys, the driver generates a set of events for a key press and
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immediately issues the same set of events for a key release. It is
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unknown by the driver if the ThinkPad firmware triggered these events on
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hot key press or release, but the firmware will do it for either one, not
|
|
both.
|
|
|
|
If a key is mapped to KEY_RESERVED, it generates no input events at all.
|
|
If a key is mapped to KEY_UNKNOWN, it generates an input event that
|
|
includes an scan code. If a key is mapped to anything else, it will
|
|
generate input device EV_KEY events.
|
|
|
|
In addition to the EV_KEY events, thinkpad-acpi may also issue EV_SW
|
|
events for switches:
|
|
|
|
SW_RADIO T60 and later hardare rfkill rocker switch
|
|
SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A
|
|
|
|
Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map:
|
|
0x5001 Lid closed
|
|
0x5002 Lid opened
|
|
0x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode
|
|
0x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode
|
|
0x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state
|
|
|
|
The above events are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy
|
|
compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1.
|
|
|
|
0x2304 System is waking up from suspend to undock
|
|
0x2305 System is waking up from suspend to eject bay
|
|
0x2404 System is waking up from hibernation to undock
|
|
0x2405 System is waking up from hibernation to eject bay
|
|
|
|
The above events are never propagated by the driver.
|
|
|
|
0x3003 Bay ejection (see 0x2x05) complete, can sleep again
|
|
0x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again
|
|
0x500B Tablet pen inserted into its storage bay
|
|
0x500C Tablet pen removed from its storage bay
|
|
0x5010 Brightness level changed (newer Lenovo BIOSes)
|
|
|
|
The above events are propagated by the driver.
|
|
|
|
Compatibility notes:
|
|
|
|
ibm-acpi and thinkpad-acpi 0.15 (mainline kernels before 2.6.23) never
|
|
supported the input layer, and sent events over the procfs ACPI event
|
|
interface.
|
|
|
|
To avoid sending duplicate events over the input layer and the ACPI
|
|
event interface, thinkpad-acpi 0.16 implements a module parameter
|
|
(hotkey_report_mode), and also a sysfs device attribute with the same
|
|
name.
|
|
|
|
Make no mistake here: userspace is expected to switch to using the input
|
|
layer interface of thinkpad-acpi, together with the ACPI netlink event
|
|
interface in kernels 2.6.23 and later, or with the ACPI procfs event
|
|
interface in kernels 2.6.22 and earlier.
|
|
|
|
If no hotkey_report_mode module parameter is specified (or it is set to
|
|
zero), the driver defaults to mode 1 (see below), and on kernels 2.6.22
|
|
and earlier, also allows one to change the hotkey_report_mode through
|
|
sysfs. In kernels 2.6.23 and later, where the netlink ACPI event
|
|
interface is available, hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed through
|
|
sysfs (it is read-only).
|
|
|
|
If the hotkey_report_mode module parameter is set to 1 or 2, it cannot
|
|
be changed later through sysfs (any writes will return -EPERM to signal
|
|
that hotkey_report_mode was locked. On 2.6.23 and later, where
|
|
hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed at all, writes will return -EACCES).
|
|
|
|
hotkey_report_mode set to 1 makes the driver export through the procfs
|
|
ACPI event interface all hot key presses (which are *also* sent to the
|
|
input layer). This is a legacy compatibility behaviour, and it is also
|
|
the default mode of operation for the driver.
|
|
|
|
hotkey_report_mode set to 2 makes the driver filter out the hot key
|
|
presses from the procfs ACPI event interface, so these events will only
|
|
be sent through the input layer. Userspace that has been updated to use
|
|
the thinkpad-acpi input layer interface should set hotkey_report_mode to
|
|
2.
|
|
|
|
Hot key press events are never sent to the ACPI netlink event interface.
|
|
Really up-to-date userspace under kernel 2.6.23 and later is to use the
|
|
netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all
|
|
with hotkey_report_mode.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bluetooth
|
|
---------
|
|
|
|
procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
|
|
sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable
|
|
|
|
This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad
|
|
Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot.
|
|
|
|
Procfs notes:
|
|
|
|
If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
|
|
|
|
echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
|
|
echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
|
|
|
|
Sysfs notes:
|
|
|
|
If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled /
|
|
disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
|
|
attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
|
|
|
|
enable:
|
|
0: disables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is disabled
|
|
1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled.
|
|
|
|
Note: this interface will be probably be superseded by the
|
|
generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet.
|
|
|
|
Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
--------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
This feature allows control over the devices used for video output -
|
|
LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
|
|
|
|
echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
|
|
Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
|
|
Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
|
|
|
|
Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled. When automatic
|
|
video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid,
|
|
docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change
|
|
automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering
|
|
and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching,
|
|
the flickering or video corruption can be avoided.
|
|
|
|
The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs
|
|
(it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
|
|
|
|
Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls
|
|
whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a
|
|
mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current
|
|
video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature.
|
|
|
|
Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics
|
|
chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents
|
|
Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching
|
|
features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as
|
|
Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work.
|
|
|
|
UPDATE: There's now a patch for the X.org Radeon driver which
|
|
addresses this issue. Some people are reporting success with the patch
|
|
while others are still having problems. For more information:
|
|
|
|
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000
|
|
|
|
ThinkLight control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/light
|
|
------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
The current status of the ThinkLight can be found in this file. A few
|
|
models which do not make the status available will show it as
|
|
"unknown". The available commands are:
|
|
|
|
echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
|
|
echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
|
|
|
|
Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
|
|
------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some
|
|
actions to be taken by the operating system to safely make or break
|
|
the electrical connections with the dock.
|
|
|
|
The docking feature of this driver generates the following ACPI events:
|
|
|
|
ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000001 -- eject request
|
|
ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000002 -- undocked
|
|
ibm/dock GDCK 00000000 00000003 -- docked
|
|
|
|
NOTE: These events will only be generated if the laptop was docked
|
|
when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for
|
|
hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was
|
|
booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the
|
|
logs:
|
|
|
|
Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: dock device not present
|
|
|
|
In this case, no dock-related events are generated but the dock and
|
|
undock commands described below still work. They can be executed
|
|
manually or triggered by Fn key combinations (see the example acpid
|
|
configuration files included in the driver tarball package available
|
|
on the web site).
|
|
|
|
When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event
|
|
above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the
|
|
following command:
|
|
|
|
echo undock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
|
|
|
|
After the LED on the dock goes off, it is safe to eject the laptop.
|
|
Note: if you pressed this key by mistake, go ahead and eject the
|
|
laptop, then dock it back in. Otherwise, the dock may not function as
|
|
expected.
|
|
|
|
When the laptop is docked, the third event above is generated. The
|
|
handler for this event should issue the following command to fully
|
|
enable the dock:
|
|
|
|
echo dock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
|
|
|
|
The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock file shows the current status
|
|
of the dock, as provided by the ACPI framework.
|
|
|
|
The docking support in this driver does not take care of enabling or
|
|
disabling any other devices you may have attached to the dock. For
|
|
example, a CD drive plugged into the UltraBase needs to be disabled or
|
|
enabled separately. See the provided example acpid configuration files
|
|
for how this can be accomplished.
|
|
|
|
There is no support yet for PCI devices that may be attached to a
|
|
docking station, e.g. in the ThinkPad Dock II. The driver currently
|
|
does not recognize, enable or disable such devices. This means that
|
|
the only docking stations currently supported are the X-series
|
|
UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the
|
|
latter don't need any ACPI support, actually).
|
|
|
|
UltraBay eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be
|
|
taken by the operating system to safely make or break the electrical
|
|
connections with the device.
|
|
|
|
This feature generates the following ACPI events:
|
|
|
|
ibm/bay MSTR 00000003 00000000 -- eject request
|
|
ibm/bay MSTR 00000001 00000000 -- eject lever inserted
|
|
|
|
NOTE: These events will only be generated if the UltraBay was present
|
|
when the laptop was originally booted (on the X series, the UltraBay
|
|
is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked).
|
|
This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices
|
|
in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the
|
|
UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs:
|
|
|
|
Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: bay device not present
|
|
|
|
In this case, no bay-related events are generated but the eject
|
|
command described below still works. It can be executed manually or
|
|
triggered by a hot key combination.
|
|
|
|
Sliding the eject lever generates the first event shown above. The
|
|
handler for this event should take whatever actions are necessary to
|
|
shut down the device in the UltraBay (e.g. call idectl), then issue
|
|
the following command:
|
|
|
|
echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
|
|
|
|
After the LED on the UltraBay goes off, it is safe to pull out the
|
|
device.
|
|
|
|
When the eject lever is inserted, the second event above is
|
|
generated. The handler for this event should take whatever actions are
|
|
necessary to enable the UltraBay device (e.g. call idectl).
|
|
|
|
The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status
|
|
of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework.
|
|
|
|
EXPERIMENTAL warm eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x (To use
|
|
this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when
|
|
loading the module):
|
|
|
|
These models do not have a button near the UltraBay device to request
|
|
a hot eject but rather require the laptop to be put to sleep
|
|
(suspend-to-ram) before the bay device is ejected or inserted).
|
|
The sequence of steps to eject the device is as follows:
|
|
|
|
echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
|
|
put the ThinkPad to sleep
|
|
remove the drive
|
|
resume from sleep
|
|
cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bay should show that the drive was removed
|
|
|
|
On the A3x, both the UltraBay 2000 and UltraBay Plus devices are
|
|
supported. Use "eject2" instead of "eject" for the second bay.
|
|
|
|
Note: the UltraBay eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x is
|
|
EXPERIMENTAL and may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION!
|
|
|
|
CMOS control
|
|
------------
|
|
|
|
procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
|
|
sysfs device attribute: cmos_command
|
|
|
|
This feature is mostly used internally by the ACPI firmware to keep the legacy
|
|
CMOS NVRAM bits in sync with the current machine state, and to record this
|
|
state so that the ThinkPad will retain such settings across reboots.
|
|
|
|
Some of these commands actually perform actions in some ThinkPad models, but
|
|
this is expected to disappear more and more in newer models. As an example, in
|
|
a T43 and in a X40, commands 12 and 13 still control the ThinkLight state for
|
|
real, but commands 0 to 2 don't control the mixer anymore (they have been
|
|
phased out) and just update the NVRAM.
|
|
|
|
The range of valid cmos command numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an
|
|
effect and the behavior varies from model to model. Here is the behavior
|
|
on the X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility):
|
|
|
|
0 - Related to "Volume down" key press
|
|
1 - Related to "Volume up" key press
|
|
2 - Related to "Mute on" key press
|
|
3 - Related to "Access IBM" key press
|
|
4 - Related to "LCD brightness up" key press
|
|
5 - Related to "LCD brightness down" key press
|
|
11 - Related to "toggle screen expansion" key press/function
|
|
12 - Related to "ThinkLight on"
|
|
13 - Related to "ThinkLight off"
|
|
14 - Related to "ThinkLight" key press (toggle ThinkLight)
|
|
|
|
The cmos command interface is prone to firmware split-brain problems, as
|
|
in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer. Do not use it, it is
|
|
exported just as a debug tool.
|
|
|
|
LED control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/led
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. The
|
|
available commands are:
|
|
|
|
echo '<led number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
|
|
echo '<led number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
|
|
echo '<led number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
|
|
|
|
The <led number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be
|
|
controlled varies from model to model. Here is the mapping on the X40:
|
|
|
|
0 - power
|
|
1 - battery (orange)
|
|
2 - battery (green)
|
|
3 - UltraBase
|
|
4 - UltraBay
|
|
7 - standby
|
|
|
|
All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink.
|
|
|
|
ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
|
|
----------------------------------
|
|
|
|
The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide
|
|
audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same
|
|
sounds to be triggered manually.
|
|
|
|
The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
|
|
|
|
echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
|
|
|
|
The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds
|
|
and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
|
|
X40:
|
|
|
|
0 - stop a sound in progress (but use 17 to stop 16)
|
|
2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery")
|
|
3 - single beep
|
|
4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable")
|
|
5 - single beep
|
|
6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC")
|
|
7 - high-pitched beep
|
|
9 - three short beeps
|
|
10 - very long beep
|
|
12 - low-pitched beep
|
|
15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0
|
|
16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17
|
|
17 - stop 16
|
|
|
|
Temperature sensors
|
|
-------------------
|
|
|
|
procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
|
|
sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") temp*_input
|
|
|
|
Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only
|
|
expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods. This
|
|
feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older
|
|
ThinkPads, and up to sixteen different sensors on newer ThinkPads.
|
|
|
|
For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
|
|
temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
|
|
|
|
On the T43/p, a typical output may be:
|
|
temperatures: 48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128
|
|
|
|
The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on
|
|
system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model).
|
|
|
|
http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that
|
|
tries to track down these locations for various models.
|
|
|
|
Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern:
|
|
|
|
1: CPU
|
|
2: (depends on model)
|
|
3: (depends on model)
|
|
4: GPU
|
|
5: Main battery: main sensor
|
|
6: Bay battery: main sensor
|
|
7: Main battery: secondary sensor
|
|
8: Bay battery: secondary sensor
|
|
9-15: (depends on model)
|
|
|
|
For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber):
|
|
2: Mini-PCI
|
|
3: Internal HDD
|
|
|
|
For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org)
|
|
http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p
|
|
2: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp
|
|
3: PCMCIA slot
|
|
9: MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus
|
|
10: Clock-generator, mini-pci card and ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI
|
|
card, under touchpad
|
|
11: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key
|
|
|
|
The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors
|
|
(source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31)
|
|
1: CPU
|
|
2: Main Battery: main sensor
|
|
3: Power Converter
|
|
4: Bay Battery: main sensor
|
|
5: MCH (northbridge)
|
|
6: PCMCIA/ambient
|
|
7: Main Battery: secondary sensor
|
|
8: Bay Battery: secondary sensor
|
|
|
|
|
|
Procfs notes:
|
|
Readings from sensors that are not available return -128.
|
|
No commands can be written to this file.
|
|
|
|
Sysfs notes:
|
|
Sensors that are not available return the ENXIO error. This
|
|
status may change at runtime, as there are hotplug thermal
|
|
sensors, like those inside the batteries and docks.
|
|
|
|
thinkpad-acpi thermal sensors are reported through the hwmon
|
|
subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at
|
|
Documentation/hwmon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump -- /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
|
|
directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
|
|
WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
|
|
experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
|
|
|
|
This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller
|
|
registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers
|
|
were dumped are marked with a star:
|
|
|
|
[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
|
|
EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
|
|
EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
|
|
EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
|
|
EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
|
|
EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
|
|
EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
|
|
EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc
|
|
EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
|
|
EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80
|
|
EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
|
|
EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00
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EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
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EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
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|
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This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan
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|
speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
|
|
|
|
- make sure the battery is fully charged
|
|
- make sure the fan is running
|
|
- run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so
|
|
|
|
The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't
|
|
vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since
|
|
the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the
|
|
fan register with a star:
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|
|
|
[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
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EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
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|
EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
|
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EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
|
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EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
|
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EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
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EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
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EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc
|
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EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
|
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EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80
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EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
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EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
|
|
EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00
|
|
EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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|
EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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|
EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
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EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
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|
|
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Another set of values that varies often is the temperature
|
|
readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
|
|
several quick dumps to eliminate them.
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|
|
|
You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other
|
|
embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes
|
|
except the charging or discharging battery to determine which
|
|
registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
|
|
with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
|
|
a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
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|
|
|
LCD brightness control
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|
----------------------
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|
|
|
procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
|
|
sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen"
|
|
|
|
This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
|
|
models which don't have a hardware brightness slider.
|
|
|
|
It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned on or
|
|
off by this interface, and in many ThinkPad models, the "dim while on
|
|
battery" functionality will be enabled by the BIOS when this interface is
|
|
used, and cannot be controlled.
|
|
|
|
On IBM (and some of the earlier Lenovo) ThinkPads, the backlight control
|
|
has eight brightness levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the levels
|
|
may not be distinct. Later Lenovo models that implement the ACPI
|
|
display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging
|
|
from 0 to 15.
|
|
|
|
There are two interfaces to the firmware for direct brightness control,
|
|
EC and CMOS. To select which one should be used, use the
|
|
brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode,
|
|
brightness_mode=2 selects CMOS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects both EC
|
|
and CMOS. The driver tries to auto-detect which interface to use.
|
|
|
|
When display backlight brightness controls are available through the
|
|
standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct
|
|
ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native
|
|
backlight brightness control interface if it detects that the standard
|
|
ACPI interface is available in the ThinkPad.
|
|
|
|
The brightness_enable module parameter can be used to control whether
|
|
the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available.
|
|
brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled. brightness_enable=1
|
|
forces it to be enabled when available, even if the standard ACPI
|
|
interface is also available.
|
|
|
|
Procfs notes:
|
|
|
|
The available commands are:
|
|
|
|
echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
|
|
echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
|
|
echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
|
|
|
|
Sysfs notes:
|
|
|
|
The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is
|
|
poorly documented at this time.
|
|
|
|
Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside
|
|
it there will be the following attributes:
|
|
|
|
max_brightness:
|
|
Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to.
|
|
The minimum is always zero.
|
|
|
|
actual_brightness:
|
|
Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant.
|
|
|
|
brightness:
|
|
Writes request the driver to change brightness to the
|
|
given value. Reads will tell you what brightness the
|
|
driver is trying to set the display to when "power" is set
|
|
to zero and the display has not been dimmed by a kernel
|
|
power management event.
|
|
|
|
power:
|
|
power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3
|
|
will dim the display backlight to brightness level 0
|
|
because thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight
|
|
off. Kernel power management events can temporarily
|
|
increase the current power management level, i.e. they can
|
|
dim the display.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
|
|
---------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
|
|
a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
|
|
|
|
echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
|
|
echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
|
|
echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
|
|
echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
|
|
|
|
The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be
|
|
distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
|
|
up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume).
|
|
The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file.
|
|
|
|
Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
|
|
---------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
|
|
sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") fan1_input, pwm1,
|
|
pwm1_enable
|
|
sysfs hwmon driver attributes: fan_watchdog
|
|
|
|
NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for
|
|
safety reasons. To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1"
|
|
must be given to thinkpad-acpi.
|
|
|
|
This feature attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and
|
|
other fan data that might be available. The speed is read directly
|
|
from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known
|
|
to work on later R, T, X and Z series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
|
|
value on other models.
|
|
|
|
Fan levels:
|
|
|
|
Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface. Level 0
|
|
stops the fan. The higher the level, the higher the fan speed, although
|
|
adjacent levels often map to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest
|
|
level, where the fan reaches the maximum recommended speed.
|
|
|
|
Level "auto" means the EC changes the fan level according to some
|
|
internal algorithm, usually based on readings from the thermal sensors.
|
|
|
|
There is also a "full-speed" level, also known as "disengaged" level.
|
|
In this level, the EC disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control,
|
|
and drives the fan as fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware
|
|
limits, so use this level with caution.
|
|
|
|
The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another, and
|
|
it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
|
|
commands. The full-speed level may take up to two minutes to ramp up to
|
|
maximum speed, and in some ThinkPads, the tachometer readings go stale
|
|
while the EC is transitioning to the full-speed level.
|
|
|
|
WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
|
|
monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
|
|
enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
|
|
|
|
An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
|
|
ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow. This is
|
|
normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the various thermal readings
|
|
rise too much.
|
|
|
|
On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
|
|
Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature
|
|
climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees. The
|
|
fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the
|
|
HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot
|
|
currently be controlled.
|
|
|
|
The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
|
|
certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done
|
|
through thinkpad-acpi.
|
|
|
|
The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
|
|
level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the procfs
|
|
fan commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog", or if there
|
|
are no writes to pwm1_enable (or to pwm1 *if and only if* pwm1_enable is
|
|
set to 1, manual mode) within a configurable amount of time of up to
|
|
120 seconds. This functionality is called fan safety watchdog.
|
|
|
|
Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will be
|
|
rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of the
|
|
above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is,
|
|
therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made through
|
|
means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" procfs fan
|
|
commands, or the hwmon fan control sysfs interface.
|
|
|
|
Procfs notes:
|
|
|
|
The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:
|
|
|
|
echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
|
|
echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
|
|
|
|
Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan
|
|
will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.
|
|
|
|
The fan level can be controlled with the command:
|
|
|
|
echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
|
|
|
|
Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto" or
|
|
"full-speed" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the "auto"
|
|
and "full-speed" levels. The driver accepts "disengaged" as an alias for
|
|
"full-speed", and reports it as "disengaged" for backwards
|
|
compatibility.
|
|
|
|
On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be
|
|
controlled to a certain degree. Once the fan is running, it can be
|
|
forced to run faster or slower with the following command:
|
|
|
|
echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
|
|
|
|
The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from about
|
|
3700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have any
|
|
effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that range. The
|
|
fan cannot be stopped or started with this command. This functionality
|
|
is incomplete, and not available through the sysfs interface.
|
|
|
|
To program the safety watchdog, use the "watchdog" command.
|
|
|
|
echo 'watchdog <interval in seconds>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
|
|
|
|
If you want to disable the watchdog, use 0 as the interval.
|
|
|
|
Sysfs notes:
|
|
|
|
The sysfs interface follows the hwmon subsystem guidelines for the most
|
|
part, and the exception is the fan safety watchdog.
|
|
|
|
Writes to any of the sysfs attributes may return the EINVAL error if
|
|
that operation is not supported in a given ThinkPad or if the parameter
|
|
is out-of-bounds, and EPERM if it is forbidden. They may also return
|
|
EINTR (interrupted system call), and EIO (I/O error while trying to talk
|
|
to the firmware).
|
|
|
|
Features not yet implemented by the driver return ENOSYS.
|
|
|
|
hwmon device attribute pwm1_enable:
|
|
0: PWM offline (fan is set to full-speed mode)
|
|
1: Manual PWM control (use pwm1 to set fan level)
|
|
2: Hardware PWM control (EC "auto" mode)
|
|
3: reserved (Software PWM control, not implemented yet)
|
|
|
|
Modes 0 and 2 are not supported by all ThinkPads, and the
|
|
driver is not always able to detect this. If it does know a
|
|
mode is unsupported, it will return -EINVAL.
|
|
|
|
hwmon device attribute pwm1:
|
|
Fan level, scaled from the firmware values of 0-7 to the hwmon
|
|
scale of 0-255. 0 means fan stopped, 255 means highest normal
|
|
speed (level 7).
|
|
|
|
This attribute only commands the fan if pmw1_enable is set to 1
|
|
(manual PWM control).
|
|
|
|
hwmon device attribute fan1_input:
|
|
Fan tachometer reading, in RPM. May go stale on certain
|
|
ThinkPads while the EC transitions the PWM to offline mode,
|
|
which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older
|
|
ThinkPads.
|
|
|
|
hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog:
|
|
Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is
|
|
1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog.
|
|
|
|
To stop the fan: set pwm1 to zero, and pwm1_enable to 1.
|
|
|
|
To start the fan in a safe mode: set pwm1_enable to 2. If that fails
|
|
with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255
|
|
would be the safest choice, though).
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXPERIMENTAL: WAN
|
|
-----------------
|
|
|
|
procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
|
|
sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable
|
|
|
|
This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
|
|
directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
|
|
WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
|
|
experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
|
|
|
|
This feature shows the presence and current state of a W-WAN (Sierra
|
|
Wireless EV-DO) device.
|
|
|
|
It was tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad X60. It should probably work on other
|
|
ThinkPad models which come with this module installed.
|
|
|
|
Procfs notes:
|
|
|
|
If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used:
|
|
|
|
echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
|
|
echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
|
|
|
|
Sysfs notes:
|
|
|
|
If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled /
|
|
disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
|
|
attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
|
|
|
|
enable:
|
|
0: disables WWAN card / WWAN card is disabled
|
|
1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled.
|
|
|
|
Note: this interface will be probably be superseded by the
|
|
generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet.
|
|
|
|
Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by
|
|
separating them with commas, for example:
|
|
|
|
echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
|
|
echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
|
|
|
|
Commands can also be specified when loading the thinkpad-acpi module,
|
|
for example:
|
|
|
|
modprobe thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
|
|
|
|
Enabling debugging output
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
|
|
The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively
|
|
enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
|
|
|
|
modprobe thinkpad_acpi debug=0xffff
|
|
|
|
will enable all debugging output classes. It takes a bitmask, so
|
|
to enable more than one output class, just add their values.
|
|
|
|
Debug bitmask Description
|
|
0x0001 Initialization and probing
|
|
0x0002 Removal
|
|
|
|
There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging
|
|
information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems.
|
|
|
|
The level of debugging information output by the driver can be changed
|
|
at runtime through sysfs, using the driver attribute debug_level. The
|
|
attribute takes the same bitmask as the debug module parameter above.
|
|
|
|
Force loading of module
|
|
-----------------------
|
|
|
|
If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify
|
|
the module parameter force_load=1. Regardless of whether this works or
|
|
not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sysfs interface changelog:
|
|
|
|
0x000100: Initial sysfs support, as a single platform driver and
|
|
device.
|
|
0x000200: Hot key support for 32 hot keys, and radio slider switch
|
|
support.
|
|
0x010000: Hot keys are now handled by default over the input
|
|
layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO,
|
|
and the driver enables hot key handling by default in
|
|
the firmware.
|
|
|
|
0x020000: ABI fix: added a separate hwmon platform device and
|
|
driver, which must be located by name (thinkpad)
|
|
and the hwmon class for libsensors4 (lm-sensors 3)
|
|
compatibility. Moved all hwmon attributes to this
|
|
new platform device.
|
|
|
|
0x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
|
|
support. If you must, use it to know you should not
|
|
start an userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
|
|
NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is
|
|
unneeded/undesired in the first place).
|
|
0x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
|
|
and proper hotkey_mask semantics (version 8 of the
|
|
NVRAM polling patch). Some development snapshots of
|
|
0.18 had an earlier version that did strange things
|
|
to hotkey_mask.
|
|
|
|
0x020200: Add poll()/select() support to the following attributes:
|
|
hotkey_radio_sw, wakeup_hotunplug_complete, wakeup_reason
|