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authorHenrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>2007-03-29 01:58:40 -0300
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2007-03-30 15:35:41 -0400
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ACPI: ibm-acpi: rename driver to thinkpad-acpi
Rename the ibm-acpi driver to thinkpad-acpi. ThinkPads are not even made by IBM anymore, so it is high time to rename the driver... The name thinkpad-acpi was used sometime ago by a thinkpad-specific hotkey driver by Erik Rigtorp, around the 2.6.8-2.6.10 time frame. The driver apparently never got merged into mainline (it did make some trips through -mm). ibm-acpi was merged soon after, making its debut in 2.6.10. The reuse of the thinkpad-acpi name shouldn't be a problem as far as user confusion goes, as Erik's thinkpad-acpi apparently didn't get widespread use in the Linux ThinkPad community and most hits for thinkpad-acpi in google point to ibm-acpi anyway. Erik, if you read this, please consider the reuse of the thinkpad-acpi name as a compliment to your effort to make ThinkPads more useful to all of us. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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- IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
-
- Version 0.13
- 31 December 2006
-
- Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
- http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
-
-
-This is a Linux ACPI driver for the IBM ThinkPad laptops. It supports
-various features of these laptops which are accessible through the
-ACPI framework but not otherwise fully supported by the generic Linux
-ACPI drivers.
-
-
-Status
-------
-
-The features currently supported are the following (see below for
-detailed description):
-
- - Fn key combinations
- - Bluetooth enable and disable
- - video output switching, expansion control
- - ThinkLight on and off
- - limited docking and undocking
- - UltraBay eject
- - CMOS control
- - LED control
- - ACPI sounds
- - temperature sensors
- - Experimental: embedded controller register dump
- - LCD brightness control
- - Volume control
- - Experimental: fan speed, fan enable/disable
- - Experimental: WAN enable and disable
-
-A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
-site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
-reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table.
-Please include the following information in your report:
-
- - ThinkPad model name
- - a copy of your DSDT, from /proc/acpi/dsdt
- - which driver features work and which don't
- - the observed behavior of non-working features
-
-Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome.
-
-
-Installation
-------------
-
-If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
-sources, simply enable the CONFIG_ACPI_IBM option (Power Management /
-ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras).
-
-Features
---------
-
-The driver creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory. There is a file under
-that directory for each feature described below. Note that while the
-driver is still in the alpha stage, the exact proc file format and
-commands supported by the various features is guaranteed to change
-frequently.
-
-Driver version -- /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
----------------------------------------
-
-The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file.
-
-Hot keys -- /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
----------------------------------
-
-Without this driver, only the Fn-F4 key (sleep button) generates an
-ACPI event. With the driver loaded, the hotkey feature enabled and the
-mask set (see below), the various hot keys generate ACPI events in the
-following format:
-
- ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
-
-The last four digits vary depending on the key combination pressed.
-All labeled Fn-Fx key combinations generate distinct events. In
-addition, the lid microswitch and some docking station buttons may
-also generate such events.
-
-The following commands can be written to this file:
-
- echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature
- echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature
- echo 0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all possible hot keys
- echo 0x0000 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
- ... any other 4-hex-digit mask ...
- echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask
-
-The bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate ACPI
-events. Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that
-can be modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually
-controlled by the mask. Most recent ThinkPad models honor the
-following bits (assuming the hot keys feature has been enabled):
-
- key bit behavior when set behavior when unset
-
- Fn-F3 always generates ACPI event
- Fn-F4 always generates ACPI event
- Fn-F5 0010 generate ACPI event enable/disable Bluetooth
- Fn-F7 0040 generate ACPI event switch LCD and external display
- Fn-F8 0080 generate ACPI event expand screen or none
- Fn-F9 0100 generate ACPI event none
- Fn-F12 always generates ACPI event
-
-Some models do not support all of the above. For example, the T30 does
-not support Fn-F5 and Fn-F9. Other models do not support the mask at
-all. On those models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually.
-
-Note that enabling ACPI events for some keys prevents their default
-behavior. For example, if events for Fn-F5 are enabled, that key will
-no longer enable/disable Bluetooth by itself. This can still be done
-from an acpid handler for the ibm/hotkey event.
-
-Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through
-ACPI. For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM"
-buttons do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can*
-be used through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see
-http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/
-
-Bluetooth -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
--------------------------------------
-
-This feature shows the presence and current state of a Bluetooth
-device. If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
-
- echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
- echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
-
-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: ibm_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: ibm_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 -- /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
------------------------------------
-
-This feature is used internally by the ACPI firmware to control the
-ThinkLight on most newer ThinkPad models. It may also control LCD
-brightness, sounds volume and more, but only on some models.
-
-The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
-
- echo 0 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
- echo 1 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
- echo 2 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
- ...
-
-The range of valid 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 - no effect but tpb reports "Volume down"
- 1 - no effect but tpb reports "Volume up"
- 2 - no effect but tpb reports "Mute on"
- 3 - simulate pressing the "Access IBM" button
- 4 - LCD brightness up
- 5 - LCD brightness down
- 11 - toggle screen expansion
- 12 - ThinkLight on
- 13 - ThinkLight off
- 14 - no effect but tpb reports ThinkLight status change
-
-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 -- /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
----------------------------------------------
-
-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 it has experimental support for up to sixteen different
-sensors on newer ThinkPads. Readings from sensors that are not available
-return -128.
-
-No commands can be written to this file.
-
-EXPERIMENTAL: The 16-sensors 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. When EXPERIMENTAL
-mode is enabled, reading the first 8 sensors on newer ThinkPads will
-also use an new experimental thermal sensor access mode.
-
-For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
-temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
-
-EXPERIMENTAL: 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: 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
-
-
-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
-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
-EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
-EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
-
-This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan
-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:
-
-[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 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80
-EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 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
-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
-EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
-EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
-
-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.
-
-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.)
-
-LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
----------------------------------------------------
-
-This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
-models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available
-commands are:
-
- echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
- echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
- echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
-
-The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be
-distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file.
-
-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.
-
-EXPERIMENTAL: fan speed, fan enable/disable -- /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-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 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 and X series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
-value on other models.
-
-Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels". 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. Level "disengaged" means 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 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.
-
-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 varios 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 fan level can be controlled with the command:
-
- echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
-
-Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto"
-or "disengaged" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the
-"auto" and "disengaged" levels.
-
-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/thermal
-
-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.
-
-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 ibm-acpi.
-
-The ibm-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan level
-to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the fan commands:
-"enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog" within a configurable
-ammount of time. To do this, use the "watchdog" command.
-
- echo 'watchdog <interval>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
-
-Interval is the ammount of time in seconds to wait for one of the
-above mentioned fan commands before reseting the fan level to a safe
-one. If set to zero, the watchdog is disabled (default). When the
-watchdog timer runs out, it does the exact equivalent of the "enable"
-fan command.
-
-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" fan
-commands.
-
-EXPERIMENTAL: WAN -- /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
----------------------------------------
-
-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 WAN (Sierra
-Wireless EV-DO) device. If WAN is installed, the following commands can
-be used:
-
- echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
- echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
-
-It was tested on a Lenovo Thinkpad X60. It should probably work on other
-Thinkpad models which come with this module installed.
-
-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 ibm_acpi module, for
-example:
-
- modprobe ibm_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
-