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1			     ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
2	
3	                            Version 0.24
4	                        December 11th,  2009
5	
6	               Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
7	             Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
8	                      http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
9	
10	
11	This is a Linux driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It
12	supports various features of these laptops which are accessible
13	through the ACPI and ACPI EC framework, but not otherwise fully
14	supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers.
15	
16	This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release
17	0.13-20070314.  It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was
18	moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel
19	2.6.22, and release 0.14.  It was moved to drivers/platform/x86 for
20	kernel 2.6.29 and release 0.22.
21	
22	The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi".  In some places, like module
23	names and log messages, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace
24	issues.
25	
26	"tpacpi" is used as a shorthand where "thinkpad-acpi" would be too
27	long due to length limitations on some Linux kernel versions.
28	
29	Status
30	------
31	
32	The features currently supported are the following (see below for
33	detailed description):
34	
35		- Fn key combinations
36		- Bluetooth enable and disable
37		- video output switching, expansion control
38		- ThinkLight on and off
39		- CMOS/UCMS control
40		- LED control
41		- ACPI sounds
42		- temperature sensors
43		- Experimental: embedded controller register dump
44		- LCD brightness control
45		- Volume control
46		- Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
47		- WAN enable and disable
48		- UWB enable and disable
49	
50	A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
51	site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
52	reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table.
53	Please include the following information in your report:
54	
55		- ThinkPad model name
56		- a copy of your ACPI tables, using the "acpidump" utility
57		- a copy of the output of dmidecode, with serial numbers
58		  and UUIDs masked off
59		- which driver features work and which don't
60		- the observed behavior of non-working features
61	
62	Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome.
63	
64	
65	Installation
66	------------
67	
68	If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
69	sources, look for the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI Kconfig option.
70	It is located on the menu path: "Device Drivers" -> "X86 Platform
71	Specific Device Drivers" -> "ThinkPad ACPI Laptop Extras".
72	
73	
74	Features
75	--------
76	
77	The driver exports two different interfaces to userspace, which can be
78	used to access the features it provides.  One is a legacy procfs-based
79	interface, which will be removed at some time in the future.  The other
80	is a new sysfs-based interface which is not complete yet.
81	
82	The procfs interface creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory.  There is a
83	file under that directory for each feature it supports.  The procfs
84	interface is mostly frozen, and will change very little if at all: it
85	will not be extended to add any new functionality in the driver, instead
86	all new functionality will be implemented on the sysfs interface.
87	
88	The sysfs interface tries to blend in the generic Linux sysfs subsystems
89	and classes as much as possible.  Since some of these subsystems are not
90	yet ready or stabilized, it is expected that this interface will change,
91	and any and all userspace programs must deal with it.
92	
93	
94	Notes about the sysfs interface:
95	
96	Unlike what was done with the procfs interface, correctness when talking
97	to the sysfs interfaces will be enforced, as will correctness in the
98	thinkpad-acpi's implementation of sysfs interfaces.
99	
100	Also, any bugs in the thinkpad-acpi sysfs driver code or in the
101	thinkpad-acpi's implementation of the sysfs interfaces will be fixed for
102	maximum correctness, even if that means changing an interface in
103	non-compatible ways.  As these interfaces mature both in the kernel and
104	in thinkpad-acpi, such changes should become quite rare.
105	
106	Applications interfacing to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interfaces must
107	follow all sysfs guidelines and correctly process all errors (the sysfs
108	interface makes extensive use of errors).  File descriptors and open /
109	close operations to the sysfs inodes must also be properly implemented.
110	
111	The version of thinkpad-acpi's sysfs interface is exported by the driver
112	as a driver attribute (see below).
113	
114	Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
115	for 2.6.23+ this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/ and
116	/sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_hwmon/
117	
118	Sysfs device attributes are on the thinkpad_acpi device sysfs attribute
119	space, for 2.6.23+ this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
120	
121	Sysfs device attributes for the sensors and fan are on the
122	thinkpad_hwmon device's sysfs attribute space, but you should locate it
123	looking for a hwmon device with the name attribute of "thinkpad", or
124	better yet, through libsensors.
125	
126	
127	Driver version
128	--------------
129	
130	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
131	sysfs driver attribute: version
132	
133	The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file.
134	
135	
136	Sysfs interface version
137	-----------------------
138	
139	sysfs driver attribute: interface_version
140	
141	Version of the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface, as an unsigned long
142	(output in hex format: 0xAAAABBCC), where:
143		AAAA - major revision
144		BB - minor revision
145		CC - bugfix revision
146	
147	The sysfs interface version changelog for the driver can be found at the
148	end of this document.  Changes to the sysfs interface done by the kernel
149	subsystems are not documented here, nor are they tracked by this
150	attribute.
151	
152	Changes to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface are only considered
153	non-experimental when they are submitted to Linux mainline, at which
154	point the changes in this interface are documented and interface_version
155	may be updated.  If you are using any thinkpad-acpi features not yet
156	sent to mainline for merging, you do so on your own risk: these features
157	may disappear, or be implemented in a different and incompatible way by
158	the time they are merged in Linux mainline.
159	
160	Changes that are backwards-compatible by nature (e.g. the addition of
161	attributes that do not change the way the other attributes work) do not
162	always warrant an update of interface_version.  Therefore, one must
163	expect that an attribute might not be there, and deal with it properly
164	(an attribute not being there *is* a valid way to make it clear that a
165	feature is not available in sysfs).
166	
167	
168	Hot keys
169	--------
170	
171	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
172	sysfs device attribute: hotkey_*
173	
174	In a ThinkPad, the ACPI HKEY handler is responsible for communicating
175	some important events and also keyboard hot key presses to the operating
176	system.  Enabling the hotkey functionality of thinkpad-acpi signals the
177	firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad
178	firmware will behave in many situations.
179	
180	The driver enables the HKEY ("hot key") event reporting automatically
181	when loaded, and disables it when it is removed.
182	
183	The driver will report HKEY events in the following format:
184	
185		ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
186	
187	Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all of them.
188	
189	The driver will generate events over the input layer for hot keys and
190	radio switches, and over the ACPI netlink layer for other events.  The
191	input layer support accepts the standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes
192	assigned to each hot key.
193	
194	The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate
195	events.  If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware
196	will handle it.  If it is "unmasked", it signals the firmware that
197	thinkpad-acpi would prefer to handle it, if the firmware would be so
198	kind to allow it (and it often doesn't!).
199	
200	Not all bits in the mask can be modified.  Not all bits that can be
201	modified do anything.  Not all hot keys can be individually controlled
202	by the mask.  Some models do not support the mask at all.  The behaviour
203	of the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model.
204	
205	The driver will filter out any unmasked hotkeys, so even if the firmware
206	doesn't allow disabling an specific hotkey, the driver will not report
207	events for unmasked hotkeys.
208	
209	Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior.  For
210	example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable
211	Bluetooth by itself in firmware.
212	
213	Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI
214	depending on the ThinkPad model and firmware version.  On those
215	ThinkPads, it is still possible to support some extra hotkeys by
216	polling the "CMOS NVRAM" at least 10 times per second.  The driver
217	attempts to enables this functionality automatically when required.
218	
219	procfs notes:
220	
221	The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
222	
223		echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys
224		echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
225		... any other 8-hex-digit mask ...
226		echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the recommended mask
227	
228	The following commands have been deprecated and will cause the kernel
229	to log a warning:
230	
231		echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- does nothing
232		echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- returns an error
233	
234	The procfs interface does not support NVRAM polling control.  So as to
235	maintain maximum bug-to-bug compatibility, it does not report any masks,
236	nor does it allow one to manipulate the hot key mask when the firmware
237	does not support masks at all, even if NVRAM polling is in use.
238	
239	sysfs notes:
240	
241		hotkey_bios_enabled:
242			DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON.
243	
244			Returns 0.
245	
246		hotkey_bios_mask:
247			DEPRECATED, DON'T USE, WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.
248	
249			Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded.
250			Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored
251			to this value.   This is always 0x80c, because those are
252			the hotkeys that were supported by ancient firmware
253			without mask support.
254	
255		hotkey_enable:
256			DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON.
257	
258			0: returns -EPERM
259			1: does nothing
260	
261		hotkey_mask:
262			bit mask to enable reporting (and depending on
263			the firmware, ACPI event generation) for each hot key
264			(see above).  Returns the current status of the hot keys
265			mask, and allows one to modify it.
266	
267		hotkey_all_mask:
268			bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
269			supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above.
270			Unless you know which events need to be handled
271			passively (because the firmware *will* handle them
272			anyway), do *not* use hotkey_all_mask.  Use
273			hotkey_recommended_mask, instead. You have been warned.
274	
275		hotkey_recommended_mask:
276			bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
277			supported hot keys, except those which are always
278			handled by the firmware anyway.  Echo it to
279			hotkey_mask above, to use.  This is the default mask
280			used by the driver.
281	
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 hotkey_source_mask are
289			polled for in NVRAM, and reported as hotkey events if
290			enabled in hotkey_mask.  Only a few hot keys are
291			available through CMOS NVRAM polling.
292	
293			Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute
294			keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer,
295			which uses a single volume up or volume down hotkey
296			press to unmute, as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user
297			interface.  When in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute
298			events are reported by the firmware and can behave
299			differently (and that behaviour changes with firmware
300			version -- not just with firmware models -- as well as
301			OSI(Linux) state).
302	
303		hotkey_poll_freq:
304			frequency in Hz for hot key polling. It must be between
305			0 and 25 Hz.  Polling is only carried out when strictly
306			needed.
307	
308			Setting hotkey_poll_freq to zero disables polling, and
309			will cause hot key presses that require NVRAM polling
310			to never be reported.
311	
312			Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low may cause repeated
313			pressings of the same hot key to be misreported as a
314			single key press, or to not even be detected at all.
315			The recommended polling frequency is 10Hz.
316	
317		hotkey_radio_sw:
318			If the ThinkPad has a hardware radio switch, this
319			attribute will read 0 if the switch is in the "radios
320			disabled" position, and 1 if the switch is in the
321			"radios enabled" position.
322	
323			This attribute has poll()/select() support.
324	
325		hotkey_tablet_mode:
326			If the ThinkPad has tablet capabilities, this attribute
327			will read 0 if the ThinkPad is in normal mode, and
328			1 if the ThinkPad is in tablet mode.
329	
330			This attribute has poll()/select() support.
331	
332		hotkey_report_mode:
333			Returns the state of the procfs ACPI event report mode
334			filter for hot keys.  If it is set to 1 (the default),
335			all hot key presses are reported both through the input
336			layer and also as ACPI events through procfs (but not
337			through netlink).  If it is set to 2, hot key presses
338			are reported only through the input layer.
339	
340			This attribute is read-only in kernels 2.6.23 or later,
341			and read-write on earlier kernels.
342	
343			May return -EPERM (write access locked out by module
344			parameter) or -EACCES (read-only).
345	
346		wakeup_reason:
347			Set to 1 if the system is waking up because the user
348			requested a bay ejection.  Set to 2 if the system is
349			waking up because the user requested the system to
350			undock.  Set to zero for normal wake-ups or wake-ups
351			due to unknown reasons.
352	
353			This attribute has poll()/select() support.
354	
355		wakeup_hotunplug_complete:
356			Set to 1 if the system was waken up because of an
357			undock or bay ejection request, and that request
358			was successfully completed.  At this point, it might
359			be useful to send the system back to sleep, at the
360			user's choice.  Refer to HKEY events 0x4003 and
361			0x3003, below.
362	
363			This attribute has poll()/select() support.
364	
365	input layer notes:
366	
367	A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly
368	followed by an EV_MSC MSC_SCAN event that shall contain that key's scan
369	code.  An EV_SYN event will always be generated to mark the end of the
370	event block.
371	
372	Do not use the EV_MSC MSC_SCAN events to process keys.  They are to be
373	used as a helper to remap keys, only.  They are particularly useful when
374	remapping KEY_UNKNOWN keys.
375	
376	The events are available in an input device, with the following id:
377	
378		Bus:		BUS_HOST
379		vendor:		0x1014 (PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM)  or
380				0x17aa (PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO)
381		product:	0x5054 ("TP")
382		version:	0x4101
383	
384	The version will have its LSB incremented if the keymap changes in a
385	backwards-compatible way.  The MSB shall always be 0x41 for this input
386	device.  If the MSB is not 0x41, do not use the device as described in
387	this section, as it is either something else (e.g. another input device
388	exported by a thinkpad driver, such as HDAPS) or its functionality has
389	been changed in a non-backwards compatible way.
390	
391	Adding other event types for other functionalities shall be considered a
392	backwards-compatible change for this input device.
393	
394	Thinkpad-acpi Hot Key event map (version 0x4101):
395	
396	ACPI	Scan
397	event	code	Key		Notes
398	
399	0x1001	0x00	FN+F1		-
400	
401	0x1002	0x01	FN+F2		IBM: battery (rare)
402					Lenovo: Screen lock
403	
404	0x1003	0x02	FN+F3		Many IBM models always report
405					this hot key, even with hot keys
406					disabled or with Fn+F3 masked
407					off
408					IBM: screen lock, often turns
409					off the ThinkLight as side-effect
410					Lenovo: battery
411	
412	0x1004	0x03	FN+F4		Sleep button (ACPI sleep button
413					semantics, i.e. sleep-to-RAM).
414					It always generates some kind
415					of event, either the hot key
416					event or an ACPI sleep button
417					event. The firmware may
418					refuse to generate further FN+F4
419					key presses until a S3 or S4 ACPI
420					sleep cycle is performed or some
421					time passes.
422	
423	0x1005	0x04	FN+F5		Radio.  Enables/disables
424					the internal Bluetooth hardware
425					and W-WAN card if left in control
426					of the firmware.  Does not affect
427					the WLAN card.
428					Should be used to turn on/off all
429					radios (Bluetooth+W-WAN+WLAN),
430					really.
431	
432	0x1006	0x05	FN+F6		-
433	
434	0x1007	0x06	FN+F7		Video output cycle.
435					Do you feel lucky today?
436	
437	0x1008	0x07	FN+F8		IBM: toggle screen expand
438					Lenovo: configure UltraNav,
439					or toggle screen expand
440	
441	0x1009	0x08	FN+F9		-
442		..	..		..
443	0x100B	0x0A	FN+F11		-
444	
445	0x100C	0x0B	FN+F12		Sleep to disk.  You are always
446					supposed to handle it yourself,
447					either through the ACPI event,
448					or through a hotkey event.
449					The firmware may refuse to
450					generate further FN+F12 key
451					press events until a S3 or S4
452					ACPI sleep cycle is performed,
453					or some time passes.
454	
455	0x100D	0x0C	FN+BACKSPACE	-
456	0x100E	0x0D	FN+INSERT	-
457	0x100F	0x0E	FN+DELETE	-
458	
459	0x1010	0x0F	FN+HOME		Brightness up.  This key is
460					always handled by the firmware
461					in IBM ThinkPads, even when
462					unmasked.  Just leave it alone.
463					For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new
464					BIOS, it has to be handled either
465					by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace.
466					The driver does the right thing,
467					never mess with this.
468	0x1011	0x10	FN+END		Brightness down.  See brightness
469					up for details.
470	
471	0x1012	0x11	FN+PGUP		ThinkLight toggle.  This key is
472					always handled by the firmware,
473					even when unmasked.
474	
475	0x1013	0x12	FN+PGDOWN	-
476	
477	0x1014	0x13	FN+SPACE	Zoom key
478	
479	0x1015	0x14	VOLUME UP	Internal mixer volume up. This
480					key is always handled by the
481					firmware, even when unmasked.
482					NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
483					this.
484	0x1016	0x15	VOLUME DOWN	Internal mixer volume up. This
485					key is always handled by the
486					firmware, even when unmasked.
487					NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
488					this.
489	0x1017	0x16	MUTE		Mute internal mixer. This
490					key is always handled by the
491					firmware, even when unmasked.
492	
493	0x1018	0x17	THINKPAD	ThinkPad/Access IBM/Lenovo key
494	
495	0x1019	0x18	unknown
496	..	..	..
497	0x1020	0x1F	unknown
498	
499	The ThinkPad firmware does not allow one to differentiate when most hot
500	keys are pressed or released (either that, or we don't know how to, yet).
501	For these keys, the driver generates a set of events for a key press and
502	immediately issues the same set of events for a key release.  It is
503	unknown by the driver if the ThinkPad firmware triggered these events on
504	hot key press or release, but the firmware will do it for either one, not
505	both.
506	
507	If a key is mapped to KEY_RESERVED, it generates no input events at all.
508	If a key is mapped to KEY_UNKNOWN, it generates an input event that
509	includes an scan code.  If a key is mapped to anything else, it will
510	generate input device EV_KEY events.
511	
512	In addition to the EV_KEY events, thinkpad-acpi may also issue EV_SW
513	events for switches:
514	
515	SW_RFKILL_ALL	T60 and later hardware rfkill rocker switch
516	SW_TABLET_MODE	Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A
517	
518	Non hotkey ACPI HKEY event map:
519	-------------------------------
520	
521	Events that are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy
522	compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1:
523	
524	0x5001		Lid closed
525	0x5002		Lid opened
526	0x5009		Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode
527	0x500A		Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode
528	0x7000		Radio Switch may have changed state
529	
530	Events that are never propagated by the driver:
531	
532	0x2304		System is waking up from suspend to undock
533	0x2305		System is waking up from suspend to eject bay
534	0x2404		System is waking up from hibernation to undock
535	0x2405		System is waking up from hibernation to eject bay
536	0x5010		Brightness level changed/control event
537	0x6000		KEYBOARD: Numlock key pressed
538	0x6005		KEYBOARD: Fn key pressed (TO BE VERIFIED)
539	
540	Events that are propagated by the driver to userspace:
541	
542	0x2313		ALARM: System is waking up from suspend because
543			the battery is nearly empty
544	0x2413		ALARM: System is waking up from hibernation because
545			the battery is nearly empty
546	0x3003		Bay ejection (see 0x2x05) complete, can sleep again
547	0x3006		Bay hotplug request (hint to power up SATA link when
548			the optical drive tray is ejected)
549	0x4003		Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again
550	0x4010		Docked into hotplug port replicator (non-ACPI dock)
551	0x4011		Undocked from hotplug port replicator (non-ACPI dock)
552	0x500B		Tablet pen inserted into its storage bay
553	0x500C		Tablet pen removed from its storage bay
554	0x6011		ALARM: battery is too hot
555	0x6012		ALARM: battery is extremely hot
556	0x6021		ALARM: a sensor is too hot
557	0x6022		ALARM: a sensor is extremely hot
558	0x6030		System thermal table changed
559	0x6040		Nvidia Optimus/AC adapter related (TO BE VERIFIED)
560	
561	Battery nearly empty alarms are a last resort attempt to get the
562	operating system to hibernate or shutdown cleanly (0x2313), or shutdown
563	cleanly (0x2413) before power is lost.  They must be acted upon, as the
564	wake up caused by the firmware will have negated most safety nets...
565	
566	When any of the "too hot" alarms happen, according to Lenovo the user
567	should suspend or hibernate the laptop (and in the case of battery
568	alarms, unplug the AC adapter) to let it cool down.  These alarms do
569	signal that something is wrong, they should never happen on normal
570	operating conditions.
571	
572	The "extremely hot" alarms are emergencies.  According to Lenovo, the
573	operating system is to force either an immediate suspend or hibernate
574	cycle, or a system shutdown.  Obviously, something is very wrong if this
575	happens.
576	
577	Compatibility notes:
578	
579	ibm-acpi and thinkpad-acpi 0.15 (mainline kernels before 2.6.23) never
580	supported the input layer, and sent events over the procfs ACPI event
581	interface.
582	
583	To avoid sending duplicate events over the input layer and the ACPI
584	event interface, thinkpad-acpi 0.16 implements a module parameter
585	(hotkey_report_mode), and also a sysfs device attribute with the same
586	name.
587	
588	Make no mistake here: userspace is expected to switch to using the input
589	layer interface of thinkpad-acpi, together with the ACPI netlink event
590	interface in kernels 2.6.23 and later, or with the ACPI procfs event
591	interface in kernels 2.6.22 and earlier.
592	
593	If no hotkey_report_mode module parameter is specified (or it is set to
594	zero), the driver defaults to mode 1 (see below), and on kernels 2.6.22
595	and earlier, also allows one to change the hotkey_report_mode through
596	sysfs.  In kernels 2.6.23 and later, where the netlink ACPI event
597	interface is available, hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed through
598	sysfs (it is read-only).
599	
600	If the hotkey_report_mode module parameter is set to 1 or 2, it cannot
601	be changed later through sysfs (any writes will return -EPERM to signal
602	that hotkey_report_mode was locked.  On 2.6.23 and later, where
603	hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed at all, writes will return -EACCES).
604	
605	hotkey_report_mode set to 1 makes the driver export through the procfs
606	ACPI event interface all hot key presses (which are *also* sent to the
607	input layer).  This is a legacy compatibility behaviour, and it is also
608	the default mode of operation for the driver.
609	
610	hotkey_report_mode set to 2 makes the driver filter out the hot key
611	presses from the procfs ACPI event interface, so these events will only
612	be sent through the input layer.  Userspace that has been updated to use
613	the thinkpad-acpi input layer interface should set hotkey_report_mode to
614	2.
615	
616	Hot key press events are never sent to the ACPI netlink event interface.
617	Really up-to-date userspace under kernel 2.6.23 and later is to use the
618	netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all
619	with hotkey_report_mode.
620	
621	
622	Brightness hotkey notes:
623	
624	Don't mess with the brightness hotkeys in a Thinkpad.  If you want
625	notifications for OSD, use the sysfs backlight class event support.
626	
627	The driver will issue KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN events
628	automatically for the cases were userspace has to do something to
629	implement brightness changes.  When you override these events, you will
630	either fail to handle properly the ThinkPads that require explicit
631	action to change backlight brightness, or the ThinkPads that require
632	that no action be taken to work properly.
633	
634	
635	Bluetooth
636	---------
637	
638	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
639	sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable (deprecated)
640	sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_bluetooth_sw"
641	
642	This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad
643	Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot.
644	
645	If the ThinkPad supports it, the Bluetooth state is stored in NVRAM,
646	so it is kept across reboots and power-off.
647	
648	Procfs notes:
649	
650	If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
651	
652		echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
653		echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
654	
655	Sysfs notes:
656	
657		If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled /
658		disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
659		attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
660	
661		enable:
662			0: disables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is disabled
663			1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled.
664	
665		Note: this interface has been superseded by the	generic rfkill
666		class.  It has been deprecated, and it will be removed in year
667		2010.
668	
669		rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_bluetooth_sw": refer to
670		Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
671	
672	
673	Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video
674	--------------------------------------------
675	
676	This feature allows control over the devices used for video output -
677	LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
678	
679		echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
680		echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
681		echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
682		echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
683		echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
684		echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
685		echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
686		echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
687		echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
688		echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
689	
690	NOTE: Access to this feature is restricted to processes owning the
691	CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for safety reasons, as it can interact badly
692	enough with some versions of X.org to crash it.
693	
694	Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
695	Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
696	
697	Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled.  When automatic
698	video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid,
699	docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change
700	automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering
701	and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching,
702	the flickering or video corruption can be avoided.
703	
704	The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs
705	(it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
706	
707	Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls
708	whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a
709	mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current
710	video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature.
711	
712	Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics
713	chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents
714	Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching
715	features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as
716	Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work.
717	
718	UPDATE: refer to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000
719	
720	
721	ThinkLight control
722	------------------
723	
724	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/light
725	sysfs attributes: as per LED class, for the "tpacpi::thinklight" LED
726	
727	procfs notes:
728	
729	The ThinkLight status can be read and set through the procfs interface.  A
730	few models which do not make the status available will show the ThinkLight
731	status as "unknown". The available commands are:
732	
733		echo on  > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
734		echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
735	
736	sysfs notes:
737	
738	The ThinkLight sysfs interface is documented by the LED class
739	documentation, in Documentation/leds/leds-class.txt.  The ThinkLight LED name
740	is "tpacpi::thinklight".
741	
742	Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the ThinkLight
743	cannot be read or if it is unknown, thinkpad-acpi will report it as "off".
744	It is impossible to know if the status returned through sysfs is valid.
745	
746	
747	CMOS/UCMS control
748	-----------------
749	
750	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
751	sysfs device attribute: cmos_command
752	
753	This feature is mostly used internally by the ACPI firmware to keep the legacy
754	CMOS NVRAM bits in sync with the current machine state, and to record this
755	state so that the ThinkPad will retain such settings across reboots.
756	
757	Some of these commands actually perform actions in some ThinkPad models, but
758	this is expected to disappear more and more in newer models.  As an example, in
759	a T43 and in a X40, commands 12 and 13 still control the ThinkLight state for
760	real, but commands 0 to 2 don't control the mixer anymore (they have been
761	phased out) and just update the NVRAM.
762	
763	The range of valid cmos command numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an
764	effect and the behavior varies from model to model.  Here is the behavior
765	on the X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility):
766	
767		0 - Related to "Volume down" key press
768		1 - Related to "Volume up" key press
769		2 - Related to "Mute on" key press
770		3 - Related to "Access IBM" key press
771		4 - Related to "LCD brightness up" key press
772		5 - Related to "LCD brightness down" key press
773		11 - Related to "toggle screen expansion" key press/function
774		12 - Related to "ThinkLight on"
775		13 - Related to "ThinkLight off"
776		14 - Related to "ThinkLight" key press (toggle ThinkLight)
777	
778	The cmos command interface is prone to firmware split-brain problems, as
779	in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer.  Do not use it, it is
780	exported just as a debug tool.
781	
782	
783	LED control
784	-----------
785	
786	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/led
787	sysfs attributes: as per LED class, see below for names
788	
789	Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature.  On
790	some older ThinkPad models, it is possible to query the status of the
791	LED indicators as well.  Newer ThinkPads cannot query the real status
792	of the LED indicators.
793	
794	Because misuse of the LEDs could induce an unaware user to perform
795	dangerous actions (like undocking or ejecting a bay device while the
796	buses are still active), or mask an important alarm (such as a nearly
797	empty battery, or a broken battery), access to most LEDs is
798	restricted.
799	
800	Unrestricted access to all LEDs requires that thinkpad-acpi be
801	compiled with the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_UNSAFE_LEDS option enabled.
802	Distributions must never enable this option.  Individual users that
803	are aware of the consequences are welcome to enabling it.
804	
805	procfs notes:
806	
807	The available commands are:
808	
809		echo '<LED number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
810		echo '<LED number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
811		echo '<LED number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
812	
813	The <LED number> range is 0 to 15. The set of LEDs that can be
814	controlled varies from model to model. Here is the common ThinkPad
815	mapping:
816	
817		0 - power
818		1 - battery (orange)
819		2 - battery (green)
820		3 - UltraBase/dock
821		4 - UltraBay
822		5 - UltraBase battery slot
823		6 - (unknown)
824		7 - standby
825		8 - dock status 1
826		9 - dock status 2
827		10, 11 - (unknown)
828		12 - thinkvantage
829		13, 14, 15 - (unknown)
830	
831	All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink.
832	
833	sysfs notes:
834	
835	The ThinkPad LED sysfs interface is described in detail by the LED class
836	documentation, in Documentation/leds/leds-class.txt.
837	
838	The LEDs are named (in LED ID order, from 0 to 12):
839	"tpacpi::power", "tpacpi:orange:batt", "tpacpi:green:batt",
840	"tpacpi::dock_active", "tpacpi::bay_active", "tpacpi::dock_batt",
841	"tpacpi::unknown_led", "tpacpi::standby", "tpacpi::dock_status1",
842	"tpacpi::dock_status2", "tpacpi::unknown_led2", "tpacpi::unknown_led3",
843	"tpacpi::thinkvantage".
844	
845	Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the LED
846	indicators cannot be read due to an error, thinkpad-acpi will report it as
847	a brightness of zero (same as LED off).
848	
849	If the thinkpad firmware doesn't support reading the current status,
850	trying to read the current LED brightness will just return whatever
851	brightness was last written to that attribute.
852	
853	These LEDs can blink using hardware acceleration.  To request that a
854	ThinkPad indicator LED should blink in hardware accelerated mode, use the
855	"timer" trigger, and leave the delay_on and delay_off parameters set to
856	zero (to request hardware acceleration autodetection).
857	
858	LEDs that are known not to exist in a given ThinkPad model are not
859	made available through the sysfs interface.  If you have a dock and you
860	notice there are LEDs listed for your ThinkPad that do not exist (and
861	are not in the dock), or if you notice that there are missing LEDs,
862	a report to ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net is appreciated.
863	
864	
865	ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
866	----------------------------------
867	
868	The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide
869	audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same
870	sounds to be triggered manually.
871	
872	The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
873	
874		echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
875	
876	The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds
877	and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
878	X40:
879	
880		0 - stop a sound in progress (but use 17 to stop 16)
881		2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery")
882		3 - single beep
883		4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable")
884		5 - single beep
885		6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC")
886		7 - high-pitched beep
887		9 - three short beeps
888		10 - very long beep
889		12 - low-pitched beep
890		15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0
891		16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17
892		17 - stop 16
893	
894	
895	Temperature sensors
896	-------------------
897	
898	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
899	sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") temp*_input
900	
901	Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only
902	expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods.  This
903	feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older
904	ThinkPads, and up to sixteen different sensors on newer ThinkPads.
905	
906	For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
907	temperatures:   42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
908	
909	On the T43/p, a typical output may be:
910	temperatures:   48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128
911	
912	The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on
913	system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model).
914	
915	http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that
916	tries to track down these locations for various models.
917	
918	Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern:
919	
920	1:  CPU
921	2:  (depends on model)
922	3:  (depends on model)
923	4:  GPU
924	5:  Main battery: main sensor
925	6:  Bay battery: main sensor
926	7:  Main battery: secondary sensor
927	8:  Bay battery: secondary sensor
928	9-15: (depends on model)
929	
930	For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber):
931	2:  Mini-PCI
932	3:  Internal HDD
933	
934	For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org)
935	http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p
936	2:  System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp
937	3:  PCMCIA slot
938	9:  MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus
939	10: Clock-generator, mini-pci card and ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI
940	    card, under touchpad
941	11: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key
942	
943	The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors
944	(source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31)
945	1:  CPU
946	2:  Main Battery: main sensor
947	3:  Power Converter
948	4:  Bay Battery: main sensor
949	5:  MCH (northbridge)
950	6:  PCMCIA/ambient
951	7:  Main Battery: secondary sensor
952	8:  Bay Battery: secondary sensor
953	
954	
955	Procfs notes:
956		Readings from sensors that are not available return -128.
957		No commands can be written to this file.
958	
959	Sysfs notes:
960		Sensors that are not available return the ENXIO error.  This
961		status may change at runtime, as there are hotplug thermal
962		sensors, like those inside the batteries and docks.
963	
964		thinkpad-acpi thermal sensors are reported through the hwmon
965		subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at
966		Documentation/hwmon.
967	
968	EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump
969	-----------------------------------------------
970	
971	This feature is not included in the thinkpad driver anymore.
972	Instead the EC can be accessed through /sys/kernel/debug/ec with
973	a userspace tool which can be found here:
974	ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/trenn/sources/ec
975	
976	Use it to determine the register holding the fan
977	speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
978		- make sure the battery is fully charged
979		- make sure the fan is running
980		- use above mentioned tool to read out the EC
981	
982	Often fan and temperature values vary between
983	readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
984	several quick dumps to eliminate them.
985	
986	You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other
987	embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes
988	except the charging or discharging battery to determine which
989	registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
990	with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
991	a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
992	
993	
994	LCD brightness control
995	----------------------
996	
997	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
998	sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen"
999	
1000	This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
1001	models which don't have a hardware brightness slider.
1002	
1003	It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned
1004	on or off by this interface, it just controls the backlight brightness
1005	level.
1006	
1007	On IBM (and some of the earlier Lenovo) ThinkPads, the backlight control
1008	has eight brightness levels, ranging from 0 to 7.  Some of the levels
1009	may not be distinct.  Later Lenovo models that implement the ACPI
1010	display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging
1011	from 0 to 15.
1012	
1013	For IBM ThinkPads, there are two interfaces to the firmware for direct
1014	brightness control, EC and UCMS (or CMOS).  To select which one should be
1015	used, use the brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects
1016	EC mode, brightness_mode=2 selects UCMS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects EC
1017	mode with NVRAM backing (so that brightness changes are remembered across
1018	shutdown/reboot).
1019	
1020	The driver tries to select which interface to use from a table of
1021	defaults for each ThinkPad model.  If it makes a wrong choice, please
1022	report this as a bug, so that we can fix it.
1023	
1024	Lenovo ThinkPads only support brightness_mode=2 (UCMS).
1025	
1026	When display backlight brightness controls are available through the
1027	standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct
1028	ThinkPad-specific interface.  The driver will disable its native
1029	backlight brightness control interface if it detects that the standard
1030	ACPI interface is available in the ThinkPad.
1031	
1032	If you want to use the thinkpad-acpi backlight brightness control
1033	instead of the generic ACPI video backlight brightness control for some
1034	reason, you should use the acpi_backlight=vendor kernel parameter.
1035	
1036	The brightness_enable module parameter can be used to control whether
1037	the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available.
1038	brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled.  brightness_enable=1
1039	forces it to be enabled when available, even if the standard ACPI
1040	interface is also available.
1041	
1042	Procfs notes:
1043	
1044		The available commands are:
1045	
1046		echo up   >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1047		echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1048		echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
1049	
1050	Sysfs notes:
1051	
1052	The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is
1053	poorly documented at this time.
1054	
1055	Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside
1056	it there will be the following attributes:
1057	
1058		max_brightness:
1059			Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to.
1060			The minimum is always zero.
1061	
1062		actual_brightness:
1063			Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant.
1064	
1065		brightness:
1066			Writes request the driver to change brightness to the
1067			given value.  Reads will tell you what brightness the
1068			driver is trying to set the display to when "power" is set
1069			to zero and the display has not been dimmed by a kernel
1070			power management event.
1071	
1072		power:
1073			power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3
1074			will dim the display backlight to brightness level 0
1075			because thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight
1076			off.  Kernel power management events can temporarily
1077			increase the current power management level, i.e. they can
1078			dim the display.
1079	
1080	
1081	WARNING:
1082	
1083	    Whatever you do, do NOT ever call thinkpad-acpi backlight-level change
1084	    interface and the ACPI-based backlight level change interface
1085	    (available on newer BIOSes, and driven by the Linux ACPI video driver)
1086	    at the same time.  The two will interact in bad ways, do funny things,
1087	    and maybe reduce the life of the backlight lamps by needlessly kicking
1088	    its level up and down at every change.
1089	
1090	
1091	Volume control (Console Audio control)
1092	--------------------------------------
1093	
1094	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1095	ALSA: "ThinkPad Console Audio Control", default ID: "ThinkPadEC"
1096	
1097	NOTE: by default, the volume control interface operates in read-only
1098	mode, as it is supposed to be used for on-screen-display purposes.
1099	The read/write mode can be enabled through the use of the
1100	"volume_control=1" module parameter.
1101	
1102	NOTE: distros are urged to not enable volume_control by default, this
1103	should be done by the local admin only.  The ThinkPad UI is for the
1104	console audio control to be done through the volume keys only, and for
1105	the desktop environment to just provide on-screen-display feedback.
1106	Software volume control should be done only in the main AC97/HDA
1107	mixer.
1108	
1109	
1110	About the ThinkPad Console Audio control:
1111	
1112	ThinkPads have a built-in amplifier and muting circuit that drives the
1113	console headphone and speakers.  This circuit is after the main AC97
1114	or HDA mixer in the audio path, and under exclusive control of the
1115	firmware.
1116	
1117	ThinkPads have three special hotkeys to interact with the console
1118	audio control: volume up, volume down and mute.
1119	
1120	It is worth noting that the normal way the mute function works (on
1121	ThinkPads that do not have a "mute LED") is:
1122	
1123	1. Press mute to mute.  It will *always* mute, you can press it as
1124	   many times as you want, and the sound will remain mute.
1125	
1126	2. Press either volume key to unmute the ThinkPad (it will _not_
1127	   change the volume, it will just unmute).
1128	
1129	This is a very superior design when compared to the cheap software-only
1130	mute-toggle solution found on normal consumer laptops:  you can be
1131	absolutely sure the ThinkPad will not make noise if you press the mute
1132	button, no matter the previous state.
1133	
1134	The IBM ThinkPads, and the earlier Lenovo ThinkPads have variable-gain
1135	amplifiers driving the speakers and headphone output, and the firmware
1136	also handles volume control for the headphone and speakers on these
1137	ThinkPads without any help from the operating system (this volume
1138	control stage exists after the main AC97 or HDA mixer in the audio
1139	path).
1140	
1141	The newer Lenovo models only have firmware mute control, and depend on
1142	the main HDA mixer to do volume control (which is done by the operating
1143	system).  In this case, the volume keys are filtered out for unmute
1144	key press (there are some firmware bugs in this area) and delivered as
1145	normal key presses to the operating system (thinkpad-acpi is not
1146	involved).
1147	
1148	
1149	The ThinkPad-ACPI volume control:
1150	
1151	The preferred way to interact with the Console Audio control is the
1152	ALSA interface.
1153	
1154	The legacy procfs interface allows one to read the current state,
1155	and if volume control is enabled, accepts the following commands:
1156	
1157		echo up   >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1158		echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1159		echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1160		echo unmute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1161		echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
1162	
1163	The <level> number range is 0 to 14 although not all of them may be
1164	distinct. To unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
1165	up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume), or
1166	the unmute command.
1167	
1168	You can use the volume_capabilities parameter to tell the driver
1169	whether your thinkpad has volume control or mute-only control:
1170	volume_capabilities=1 for mixers with mute and volume control,
1171	volume_capabilities=2 for mixers with only mute control.
1172	
1173	If the driver misdetects the capabilities for your ThinkPad model,
1174	please report this to ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, so that we
1175	can update the driver.
1176	
1177	There are two strategies for volume control.  To select which one
1178	should be used, use the volume_mode module parameter: volume_mode=1
1179	selects EC mode, and volume_mode=3 selects EC mode with NVRAM backing
1180	(so that volume/mute changes are remembered across shutdown/reboot).
1181	
1182	The driver will operate in volume_mode=3 by default. If that does not
1183	work well on your ThinkPad model, please report this to
1184	ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
1185	
1186	The driver supports the standard ALSA module parameters.  If the ALSA
1187	mixer is disabled, the driver will disable all volume functionality.
1188	
1189	
1190	Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
1191	---------------------------------------------------------
1192	
1193	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1194	sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") fan1_input, pwm1,
1195				  pwm1_enable, fan2_input
1196	sysfs hwmon driver attributes: fan_watchdog
1197	
1198	NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for
1199	safety reasons.  To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1"
1200	must be given to thinkpad-acpi.
1201	
1202	This feature attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and
1203	other fan data that might be available.  The speed is read directly
1204	from the hardware registers of the embedded controller.  This is known
1205	to work on later R, T, X and Z series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
1206	value on other models.
1207	
1208	Some Lenovo ThinkPads support a secondary fan.  This fan cannot be
1209	controlled separately, it shares the main fan control.
1210	
1211	Fan levels:
1212	
1213	Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface.  Level 0
1214	stops the fan.  The higher the level, the higher the fan speed, although
1215	adjacent levels often map to the same fan speed.  7 is the highest
1216	level, where the fan reaches the maximum recommended speed.
1217	
1218	Level "auto" means the EC changes the fan level according to some
1219	internal algorithm, usually based on readings from the thermal sensors.
1220	
1221	There is also a "full-speed" level, also known as "disengaged" level.
1222	In this level, the EC disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control,
1223	and drives the fan as fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware
1224	limits, so use this level with caution.
1225	
1226	The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another, and
1227	it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
1228	commands.  The full-speed level may take up to two minutes to ramp up to
1229	maximum speed, and in some ThinkPads, the tachometer readings go stale
1230	while the EC is transitioning to the full-speed level.
1231	
1232	WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
1233	monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
1234	enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
1235	
1236	An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
1237	ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow.  This is
1238	normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the various thermal readings
1239	rise too much.
1240	
1241	On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
1242	Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature
1243	climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees.  The
1244	fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the
1245	HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees.  These thresholds cannot
1246	currently be controlled.
1247	
1248	The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
1249	certain conditions are met.  It will override any fan programming done
1250	through thinkpad-acpi.
1251	
1252	The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
1253	level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the procfs
1254	fan commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog", or if there
1255	are no writes to pwm1_enable (or to pwm1 *if and only if* pwm1_enable is
1256	set to 1, manual mode) within a configurable amount of time of up to
1257	120 seconds.  This functionality is called fan safety watchdog.
1258	
1259	Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan.  It will be
1260	rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of the
1261	above mentioned fan commands is received.  The fan watchdog is,
1262	therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made through
1263	means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" procfs fan
1264	commands, or the hwmon fan control sysfs interface.
1265	
1266	Procfs notes:
1267	
1268	The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:
1269	
1270		echo enable  >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1271		echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1272	
1273	Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it.  Enabling a fan
1274	will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.
1275	
1276	The fan level can be controlled with the command:
1277	
1278		echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1279	
1280	Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto" or
1281	"full-speed" (without the quotes).  Not all ThinkPads support the "auto"
1282	and "full-speed" levels.  The driver accepts "disengaged" as an alias for
1283	"full-speed", and reports it as "disengaged" for backwards
1284	compatibility.
1285	
1286	On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be
1287	controlled to a certain degree.  Once the fan is running, it can be
1288	forced to run faster or slower with the following command:
1289	
1290		echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1291	
1292	The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from about
1293	3700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have any
1294	effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that range.  The
1295	fan cannot be stopped or started with this command.  This functionality
1296	is incomplete, and not available through the sysfs interface.
1297	
1298	To program the safety watchdog, use the "watchdog" command.
1299	
1300		echo 'watchdog <interval in seconds>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1301	
1302	If you want to disable the watchdog, use 0 as the interval.
1303	
1304	Sysfs notes:
1305	
1306	The sysfs interface follows the hwmon subsystem guidelines for the most
1307	part, and the exception is the fan safety watchdog.
1308	
1309	Writes to any of the sysfs attributes may return the EINVAL error if
1310	that operation is not supported in a given ThinkPad or if the parameter
1311	is out-of-bounds, and EPERM if it is forbidden.  They may also return
1312	EINTR (interrupted system call), and EIO (I/O error while trying to talk
1313	to the firmware).
1314	
1315	Features not yet implemented by the driver return ENOSYS.
1316	
1317	hwmon device attribute pwm1_enable:
1318		0: PWM offline (fan is set to full-speed mode)
1319		1: Manual PWM control (use pwm1 to set fan level)
1320		2: Hardware PWM control (EC "auto" mode)
1321		3: reserved (Software PWM control, not implemented yet)
1322	
1323		Modes 0 and 2 are not supported by all ThinkPads, and the
1324		driver is not always able to detect this.  If it does know a
1325		mode is unsupported, it will return -EINVAL.
1326	
1327	hwmon device attribute pwm1:
1328		Fan level, scaled from the firmware values of 0-7 to the hwmon
1329		scale of 0-255.  0 means fan stopped, 255 means highest normal
1330		speed (level 7).
1331	
1332		This attribute only commands the fan if pmw1_enable is set to 1
1333		(manual PWM control).
1334	
1335	hwmon device attribute fan1_input:
1336		Fan tachometer reading, in RPM.  May go stale on certain
1337		ThinkPads while the EC transitions the PWM to offline mode,
1338		which can take up to two minutes.  May return rubbish on older
1339		ThinkPads.
1340	
1341	hwmon device attribute fan2_input:
1342		Fan tachometer reading, in RPM, for the secondary fan.
1343		Available only on some ThinkPads.  If the secondary fan is
1344		not installed, will always read 0.
1345	
1346	hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog:
1347		Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds.  Minimum is
1348		1 second, maximum is 120 seconds.  0 disables the watchdog.
1349	
1350	To stop the fan: set pwm1 to zero, and pwm1_enable to 1.
1351	
1352	To start the fan in a safe mode: set pwm1_enable to 2.  If that fails
1353	with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255
1354	would be the safest choice, though).
1355	
1356	
1357	WAN
1358	---
1359	
1360	procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1361	sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable (deprecated)
1362	sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw"
1363	
1364	This feature shows the presence and current state of the built-in
1365	Wireless WAN device.
1366	
1367	If the ThinkPad supports it, the WWAN state is stored in NVRAM,
1368	so it is kept across reboots and power-off.
1369	
1370	It was tested on a Lenovo ThinkPad X60. It should probably work on other
1371	ThinkPad models which come with this module installed.
1372	
1373	Procfs notes:
1374	
1375	If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used:
1376	
1377		echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1378		echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1379	
1380	Sysfs notes:
1381	
1382		If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled /
1383		disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
1384		attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
1385	
1386		enable:
1387			0: disables WWAN card / WWAN card is disabled
1388			1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled.
1389	
1390		Note: this interface has been superseded by the	generic rfkill
1391		class.  It has been deprecated, and it will be removed in year
1392		2010.
1393	
1394		rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw": refer to
1395		Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
1396	
1397	
1398	EXPERIMENTAL: UWB
1399	-----------------
1400	
1401	This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively
1402	tested and validated in various ThinkPad models yet.  The feature may not
1403	work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply
1404	the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
1405	
1406	sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw"
1407	
1408	This feature exports an rfkill controller for the UWB device, if one is
1409	present and enabled in the BIOS.
1410	
1411	Sysfs notes:
1412	
1413		rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw": refer to
1414		Documentation/rfkill.txt for details.
1415	
1416	
1417	Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
1418	------------------------------------
1419	
1420	Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by
1421	separating them with commas, for example:
1422	
1423		echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
1424		echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
1425	
1426	Commands can also be specified when loading the thinkpad-acpi module,
1427	for example:
1428	
1429		modprobe thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
1430	
1431	
1432	Enabling debugging output
1433	-------------------------
1434	
1435	The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively
1436	enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
1437	
1438		 modprobe thinkpad_acpi debug=0xffff
1439	
1440	will enable all debugging output classes.  It takes a bitmask, so
1441	to enable more than one output class, just add their values.
1442	
1443		Debug bitmask		Description
1444		0x8000			Disclose PID of userspace programs
1445					accessing some functions of the driver
1446		0x0001			Initialization and probing
1447		0x0002			Removal
1448		0x0004			RF Transmitter control (RFKILL)
1449					(bluetooth, WWAN, UWB...)
1450		0x0008			HKEY event interface, hotkeys
1451		0x0010			Fan control
1452		0x0020			Backlight brightness
1453		0x0040			Audio mixer/volume control
1454	
1455	There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging
1456	information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems.
1457	
1458	The level of debugging information output by the driver can be changed
1459	at runtime through sysfs, using the driver attribute debug_level.  The
1460	attribute takes the same bitmask as the debug module parameter above.
1461	
1462	
1463	Force loading of module
1464	-----------------------
1465	
1466	If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify
1467	the module parameter force_load=1.  Regardless of whether this works or
1468	not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report.
1469	
1470	
1471	Sysfs interface changelog:
1472	
1473	0x000100:	Initial sysfs support, as a single platform driver and
1474			device.
1475	0x000200:	Hot key support for 32 hot keys, and radio slider switch
1476			support.
1477	0x010000:	Hot keys are now handled by default over the input
1478			layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO,
1479			and the driver enables hot key handling by default in
1480			the firmware.
1481	
1482	0x020000:	ABI fix: added a separate hwmon platform device and
1483			driver, which must be located by name (thinkpad)
1484			and the hwmon class for libsensors4 (lm-sensors 3)
1485			compatibility.  Moved all hwmon attributes to this
1486			new platform device.
1487	
1488	0x020100:	Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
1489			support.  If you must, use it to know you should not
1490			start a userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when
1491			NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is
1492			unneeded/undesired in the first place).
1493	0x020101:	Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling
1494			and proper hotkey_mask semantics (version 8 of the
1495			NVRAM polling patch).  Some development snapshots of
1496			0.18 had an earlier version that did strange things
1497			to hotkey_mask.
1498	
1499	0x020200:	Add poll()/select() support to the following attributes:
1500			hotkey_radio_sw, wakeup_hotunplug_complete, wakeup_reason
1501	
1502	0x020300:	hotkey enable/disable support removed, attributes
1503			hotkey_bios_enabled and hotkey_enable deprecated and
1504			marked for removal.
1505	
1506	0x020400:	Marker for 16 LEDs support.  Also, LEDs that are known
1507			to not exist in a given model are not registered with
1508			the LED sysfs class anymore.
1509	
1510	0x020500:	Updated hotkey driver, hotkey_mask is always available
1511			and it is always able to disable hot keys.  Very old
1512			thinkpads are properly supported.  hotkey_bios_mask
1513			is deprecated and marked for removal.
1514	
1515	0x020600:	Marker for backlight change event support.
1516	
1517	0x020700:	Support for mute-only mixers.
1518			Volume control in read-only mode by default.
1519			Marker for ALSA mixer support.
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