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diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt index ec499265dec..6c2477754a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver - Version 0.16 - August 2nd, 2007 + Version 0.19 + January 06th, 2008 Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> @@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file: ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ... echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask +The procfs interface does not support NVRAM polling control. So as to +maintain maximum bug-to-bug compatibility, it does not report any masks, +nor does it allow one to manipulate the hot key mask when the firmware +does not support masks at all, even if NVRAM polling is in use. + sysfs notes: hotkey_bios_enabled: @@ -231,17 +236,26 @@ sysfs notes: to this value. hotkey_enable: - Enables/disables the hot keys feature, and reports - current status of the hot keys feature. + Enables/disables the hot keys feature in the ACPI + firmware, and reports current status of the hot keys + feature. Has no effect on the NVRAM hot key polling + functionality. 0: disables the hot keys feature / feature disabled 1: enables the hot keys feature / feature enabled hotkey_mask: - bit mask to enable driver-handling and ACPI event - generation for each hot key (see above). Returns the - current status of the hot keys mask, and allows one to - modify it. + bit mask to enable driver-handling (and depending on + the firmware, ACPI event generation) for each hot key + (see above). Returns the current status of the hot keys + mask, and allows one to modify it. + + Note: when NVRAM polling is active, the firmware mask + will be different from the value returned by + hotkey_mask. The driver will retain enabled bits for + hotkeys that are under NVRAM polling even if the + firmware refuses them, and will not set these bits on + the firmware hot key mask. hotkey_all_mask: bit mask that should enable event reporting for all @@ -257,12 +271,48 @@ sysfs notes: handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to hotkey_mask above, to use. + hotkey_source_mask: + bit mask that selects which hot keys will the driver + poll the NVRAM for. This is auto-detected by the driver + based on the capabilities reported by the ACPI firmware, + but it can be overridden at runtime. + + Hot keys whose bits are set in both hotkey_source_mask + and also on hotkey_mask are polled for in NVRAM. Only a + few hot keys are available through CMOS NVRAM polling. + + Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute + keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer, + so you have to use volume up or volume down to unmute, + as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user interface. When + in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute are reported as + separate events, but this behaviour may be corrected in + future releases of this driver, in which case the + ThinkPad volume mixer user interface semanthics will be + enforced. + + hotkey_poll_freq: + frequency in Hz for hot key polling. It must be between + 0 and 25 Hz. Polling is only carried out when strictly + needed. + + Setting hotkey_poll_freq to zero disables polling, and + will cause hot key presses that require NVRAM polling + to never be reported. + + Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low will cause repeated + pressings of the same hot key to be misreported as a + single key press, or to not even be detected at all. + The recommended polling frequency is 10Hz. + hotkey_radio_sw: if the ThinkPad has a hardware radio switch, this attribute will read 0 if the switch is in the "radios disabled" postition, and 1 if the switch is in the "radios enabled" position. + 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), @@ -277,6 +327,25 @@ sysfs notes: 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 + waking up because the user requested the system to + undock. Set to zero for normal wake-ups or wake-ups + due to unknown reasons. + + This attribute has poll()/select() support. + + wakeup_hotunplug_complete: + Set to 1 if the system was waken up because of an + undock or bay ejection request, and that request + was sucessfully completed. At this point, it might + be useful to send the system back to sleep, at the + user's choice. Refer to HKEY events 0x4003 and + 0x3003, below. + + This attribute has poll()/select() support. + input layer notes: A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly @@ -427,6 +496,23 @@ Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map: The above events are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1. +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 + +The above events are never propagated by the driver. + +0x3003 Bay ejection (see 0x2x05) complete, can sleep again +0x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again +0x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode +0x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode +0x500B Tablet pen insterted into its storage bay +0x500C Tablet pen removed from its storage bay +0x5010 Brightness level changed (newer Lenovo BIOSes) + +The above events are propagated by the driver. + Compatibility notes: ibm-acpi and thinkpad-acpi 0.15 (mainline kernels before 2.6.23) never @@ -923,19 +1009,34 @@ sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen" This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. -It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned on or off -by this interface, and in many ThinkPad models, the "dim while on battery" -functionality will be enabled by the BIOS when this interface is used, and -cannot be controlled. - -The backlight control has eight levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the -levels may not be distinct. - -There are two interfaces to the firmware for brightness control, EC and CMOS. -To select which one should be used, use the brightness_mode module parameter: -brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode, brightness_mode=2 selects CMOS mode, -brightness_mode=3 selects both EC and CMOS. The driver tries to autodetect -which interface to use. +It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned on or +off by this interface, and in many ThinkPad models, the "dim while on +battery" functionality will be enabled by the BIOS when this interface is +used, and cannot be controlled. + +On IBM (and some of the earlier Lenovo) ThinkPads, the backlight control +has eight brightness levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the levels +may not be distinct. Later Lenovo models that implement the ACPI +display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging +from 0 to 15. + +There are two interfaces to the firmware for direct brightness control, +EC and CMOS. To select which one should be used, use the +brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode, +brightness_mode=2 selects CMOS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects both EC +and CMOS. The driver tries to autodetect which interface to use. + +When display backlight brightness controls are available through the +standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct +ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native +backlight brightness control interface if it detects that the standard +ACPI interface is available in the ThinkPad. + +The brightness_enable module parameter can be used to control whether +the LCD brightness control feature will be enabled when available. +brightness_enable=0 forces it to be disabled. brightness_enable=1 +forces it to be enabled when available, even if the standard ACPI +interface is also available. Procfs notes: @@ -947,11 +1048,11 @@ Procfs notes: Sysfs notes: -The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is poorly -documented at this time. +The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is +poorly documented at this time. -Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside it -there will be the following attributes: +Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside +it there will be the following attributes: max_brightness: Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to. @@ -961,17 +1062,19 @@ there will be the following attributes: Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant. brightness: - Writes request the driver to change brightness to the given - value. Reads will tell you what brightness the driver is trying - to set the display to when "power" is set to zero and the display - has not been dimmed by a kernel power management event. + Writes request the driver to change brightness to the + given value. Reads will tell you what brightness the + driver is trying to set the display to when "power" is set + to zero and the display has not been dimmed by a kernel + power management event. power: - power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3 will - dim the display backlight to brightness level 0 because - thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight off. Kernel - power management events can temporarily increase the current - power management level, i.e. they can dim the display. + power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3 + will dim the display backlight to brightness level 0 + because thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight + off. Kernel power management events can temporarily + increase the current power management level, i.e. they can + dim the display. Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume @@ -1246,3 +1349,17 @@ Sysfs interface changelog: and the hwmon class for libsensors4 (lm-sensors 3) compatibility. Moved all hwmon attributes to this new platform device. + +0x020100: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling + support. If you must, use it to know you should not + start an userspace NVRAM poller (allows to detect when + NVRAM is compiled out by the user because it is + unneeded/undesired in the first place). +0x020101: Marker for thinkpad-acpi with hot key NVRAM polling + and proper hotkey_mask semanthics (version 8 of the + NVRAM polling patch). Some development snapshots of + 0.18 had an earlier version that did strange things + to hotkey_mask. + +0x020200: Add poll()/select() support to the following attributes: + hotkey_radio_sw, wakeup_hotunplug_complete, wakeup_reason |