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authorNitin Joshi <nitjoshi@gmail.com>2026-01-07 02:45:19 +0900
committerIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>2026-01-15 11:10:31 +0200
commita85503d541eafce9b4d73d509c1e341401a86d85 (patch)
tree1b1db357073f9237cf08b03b5362f27a5d124ff4 /Documentation/admin-guide
parent28c43bddd0fa8999533feba8be9dc0583eaed281 (diff)
platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Add sysfs to display details of damaged device.
Add new sysfs interface to identify the impacted component with location of device. Reviewed-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca> Signed-off-by: Nitin Joshi <nitjoshi@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260106174519.6402-2-nitjoshi@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
index 2f910ff31b37..03951ed6b628 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power.
Hardware damage detection capability
------------------------------------
-sysfs attributes: hwdd_status
+sysfs attributes: hwdd_status, hwdd_detail
Thinkpads are adding the ability to detect and report hardware damage.
Add new sysfs interface to identify the damaged device status.
@@ -1595,6 +1595,21 @@ This value displays status of device damaged.
- 0 = Not Damaged
- 1 = Damaged
+The command to check location of damaged device is::
+
+ cat /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hwdd_detail
+
+This value displays location of damaged device having 1 line per damaged "item".
+For example:
+
+if no damage is detected:
+
+- No damage detected
+
+if damage detected:
+
+- TYPE-C: Base, Right side, Center port
+
The property is read-only. If feature is not supported then sysfs
attribute is not created.