ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
- Version 0.15
- July 1st, 2007
+ Version 0.16
+ August 2nd, 2007
Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
as a driver attribute (see below).
Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
-for 2.6.20 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/.
+for 2.6.23 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/ and
+/sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_hwmon/
-Sysfs device attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
-for 2.6.20 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
+Sysfs device attributes are on the thinkpad_acpi device sysfs attribute
+space, for 2.6.23 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
+
+Sysfs device attributes for the sensors and fan are on the
+thinkpad_hwmon device's sysfs attribute space, but you should locate it
+looking for a hwmon device with the name attribute of "thinkpad".
Driver version
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firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad
firmware will behave in many situations.
+The driver enables the hot key feature automatically when loaded. The
+feature can later be disabled and enabled back at runtime. The driver
+will also restore the hot key feature to its previous state and mask
+when it is unloaded.
+
When the hotkey feature is enabled and the hot key mask is set (see
-below), the various hot keys either generate ACPI events in the
-following format:
+below), the driver will report HKEY events in the following format:
ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
-or events over the input layer. The input layer support accepts the
-standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes assigned to each hotkey.
+Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all.
-When the input device is open, the driver will suppress any ACPI hot key
-events that get translated into a meaningful input layer event, in order
-to avoid sending duplicate events to userspace. Hot keys that are
-mapped to KEY_RESERVED in the keymap are not translated, and will always
-generate an ACPI ibm/hotkey HKEY event, and no input layer events.
+The driver will generate events over the input layer for hot keys and
+radio switches, and over the ACPI netlink layer for other events. The
+input layer support accepts the standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes
+assigned to each hot key.
The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate
events. If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware
disabled" postition, and 1 if the switch is in the
"radios enabled" position.
+ hotkey_report_mode:
+ Returns the state of the procfs ACPI event report mode
+ filter for hot keys. If it is set to 1 (the default),
+ all hot key presses are reported both through the input
+ layer and also as ACPI events through procfs (but not
+ through netlink). If it is set to 2, hot key presses
+ are reported only through the input layer.
+
+ This attribute is read-only in kernels 2.6.23 or later,
+ and read-write on earlier kernels.
+
+ May return -EPERM (write access locked out by module
+ parameter) or -EACCES (read-only).
+
input layer notes:
A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly
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,
-and it may generate a legacy thinkpad-acpi ACPI hotkey event.
-
+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, and it may also generate a legacy thinkpad-acpi
-ACPI hotkey event.
-
-If a key is mapped to anything else, it will only generate legacy
-thinkpad-acpi ACPI hotkey events if nobody has opened the input device.
+includes an scan code. If a key is mapped to anything else, it will
+generate input device EV_KEY events.
Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map:
0x5001 Lid closed
0x5002 Lid opened
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.
+
+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 -EACES).
+
+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
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procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
-sysfs device attributes: (hwmon) temp*_input
+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
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procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
-sysfs device attributes: (hwmon) fan_input, pwm1, pwm1_enable
+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"
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 varios thermal readings
+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.
which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older
ThinkPads.
-driver attribute fan_watchdog:
+hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog:
Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is
1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog.
Enabling debugging output
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-The module takes a debug paramater which can be used to selectively
+The module takes a debug parameter which can be used to selectively
enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
modprobe ibm_acpi debug=0xffff
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.
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