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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/laptops')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 80 |
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 77 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt b/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt index 69f9fb3701e0..79a1bc675a8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ http://acpi4asus.sf.net/ This driver provides support for extra features of ACPI-compatible ASUS laptops. It may also support some MEDION, JVC or VICTOR laptops (such as MEDION 9675 or - VICTOR XP7210 for example). It makes all the extra buttons generate standard - ACPI events that go through /proc/acpi/events and input events (like keyboards). + VICTOR XP7210 for example). It makes all the extra buttons generate input + events (like keyboards). On some models adds support for changing the display brightness and output, switching the LCD backlight on and off, and most importantly, allows you to blink those fancy LEDs intended for reporting mail and wireless status. @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ Usage DSDT) to me. That's all, now, all the events generated by the hotkeys of your laptop - should be reported in your /proc/acpi/event entry. You can check with - "acpi_listen". + should be reported via netlink events. You can check with + "acpi_genl monitor" (part of the acpica project). Hotkeys are also reported as input keys (like keyboards) you can check which key are supported using "xev" under X11. diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt b/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt index 0d5ac7f5287e..978b1e615155 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ Fn keys (hotkeys): ------------------ Some models report hotkeys through the SNC or SPIC devices, such events are reported both through the ACPI subsystem as acpi events and through the INPUT -subsystem. See the logs of acpid or /proc/acpi/event and -/proc/bus/input/devices to find out what those events are and which input -devices are created by the driver. Additionally, loading the driver with the -debug option will report all events in the kernel log. +subsystem. See the logs of /proc/bus/input/devices to find out what those +events are and which input devices are created by the driver. +Additionally, loading the driver with the debug option will report all events +in the kernel log. The "scancodes" passed to the input system (that can be remapped with udev) are indexes to the table "sony_laptop_input_keycode_map" in the sony-laptop.c diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index cf7bc6cb9719..fc04c14de4bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver - Version 0.24 - December 11th, 2009 + Version 0.25 + October 16th, 2013 Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> @@ -329,20 +329,6 @@ sysfs notes: This attribute has poll()/select() support. - 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). - wakeup_reason: Set to 1 if the system is waking up because the user requested a bay ejection. Set to 2 if the system is @@ -518,24 +504,21 @@ SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A Non hotkey ACPI HKEY event map: ------------------------------- -Events that are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy -compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1: - -0x5001 Lid closed -0x5002 Lid opened -0x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode -0x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode -0x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state - Events that are never propagated by the driver: 0x2304 System is waking up from suspend to undock 0x2305 System is waking up from suspend to eject bay 0x2404 System is waking up from hibernation to undock 0x2405 System is waking up from hibernation to eject bay +0x5001 Lid closed +0x5002 Lid opened +0x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode +0x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode 0x5010 Brightness level changed/control event 0x6000 KEYBOARD: Numlock key pressed 0x6005 KEYBOARD: Fn key pressed (TO BE VERIFIED) +0x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state + Events that are propagated by the driver to userspace: @@ -574,50 +557,6 @@ operating system is to force either an immediate suspend or hibernate cycle, or a system shutdown. Obviously, something is very wrong if this happens. -Compatibility notes: - -ibm-acpi and thinkpad-acpi 0.15 (mainline kernels before 2.6.23) never -supported the input layer, and sent events over the procfs ACPI event -interface. - -To avoid sending duplicate events over the input layer and the ACPI -event interface, thinkpad-acpi 0.16 implements a module parameter -(hotkey_report_mode), and also a sysfs device attribute with the same -name. - -Make no mistake here: userspace is expected to switch to using the input -layer interface of thinkpad-acpi, together with the ACPI netlink event -interface in kernels 2.6.23 and later, or with the ACPI procfs event -interface in kernels 2.6.22 and earlier. - -If no hotkey_report_mode module parameter is specified (or it is set to -zero), the driver defaults to mode 1 (see below), and on kernels 2.6.22 -and earlier, also allows one to change the hotkey_report_mode through -sysfs. In kernels 2.6.23 and later, where the netlink ACPI event -interface is available, hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed through -sysfs (it is read-only). - -If the hotkey_report_mode module parameter is set to 1 or 2, it cannot -be changed later through sysfs (any writes will return -EPERM to signal -that hotkey_report_mode was locked. On 2.6.23 and later, where -hotkey_report_mode cannot be changed at all, writes will return -EACCES). - -hotkey_report_mode set to 1 makes the driver export through the procfs -ACPI event interface all hot key presses (which are *also* sent to the -input layer). This is a legacy compatibility behaviour, and it is also -the default mode of operation for the driver. - -hotkey_report_mode set to 2 makes the driver filter out the hot key -presses from the procfs ACPI event interface, so these events will only -be sent through the input layer. Userspace that has been updated to use -the thinkpad-acpi input layer interface should set hotkey_report_mode to -2. - -Hot key press events are never sent to the ACPI netlink event interface. -Really up-to-date userspace under kernel 2.6.23 and later is to use the -netlink interface and the input layer interface, and don't bother at all -with hotkey_report_mode. - Brightness hotkey notes: @@ -802,6 +741,9 @@ compiled with the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_UNSAFE_LEDS option enabled. Distributions must never enable this option. Individual users that are aware of the consequences are welcome to enabling it. +Audio mute and microphone mute LEDs are supported, but currently not +visible to userspace. They are used by the snd-hda-intel audio driver. + procfs notes: The available commands are: |