1 ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
6 Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
7 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
8 http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
11 This is a Linux driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It
12 supports various features of these laptops which are accessible
13 through the ACPI and ACPI EC framework, but not otherwise fully
14 supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers.
16 This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release
17 0.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was
18 moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel
19 2.6.22, and release 0.14.
25 The features currently supported are the following (see below for
26 detailed description):
29 - Bluetooth enable and disable
30 - video output switching, expansion control
31 - ThinkLight on and off
32 - limited docking and undocking
38 - Experimental: embedded controller register dump
39 - LCD brightness control
41 - Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
42 - Experimental: WAN enable and disable
44 A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
45 site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
46 reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table.
47 Please include the following information in your report:
50 - a copy of your DSDT, from /proc/acpi/dsdt
51 - a copy of the output of dmidecode, with serial numbers
53 - which driver features work and which don't
54 - the observed behavior of non-working features
56 Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome.
62 If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
63 sources, simply enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI option, and optionally
64 enable the CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY option if you want the
65 thinkpad-specific bay functionality.
70 The driver exports two different interfaces to userspace, which can be
71 used to access the features it provides. One is a legacy procfs-based
72 interface, which will be removed at some time in the distant future.
73 The other is a new sysfs-based interface which is not complete yet.
75 The procfs interface creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory. There is a
76 file under that directory for each feature it supports. The procfs
77 interface is mostly frozen, and will change very little if at all: it
78 will not be extended to add any new functionality in the driver, instead
79 all new functionality will be implemented on the sysfs interface.
81 The sysfs interface tries to blend in the generic Linux sysfs subsystems
82 and classes as much as possible. Since some of these subsystems are not
83 yet ready or stabilized, it is expected that this interface will change,
84 and any and all userspace programs must deal with it.
87 Notes about the sysfs interface:
89 Unlike what was done with the procfs interface, correctness when talking
90 to the sysfs interfaces will be enforced, as will correctness in the
91 thinkpad-acpi's implementation of sysfs interfaces.
93 Also, any bugs in the thinkpad-acpi sysfs driver code or in the
94 thinkpad-acpi's implementation of the sysfs interfaces will be fixed for
95 maximum correctness, even if that means changing an interface in
96 non-compatible ways. As these interfaces mature both in the kernel and
97 in thinkpad-acpi, such changes should become quite rare.
99 Applications interfacing to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interfaces must
100 follow all sysfs guidelines and correctly process all errors (the sysfs
101 interface makes extensive use of errors). File descriptors and open /
102 close operations to the sysfs inodes must also be properly implemented.
104 The version of thinkpad-acpi's sysfs interface is exported by the driver
105 as a driver attribute (see below).
107 Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
108 for 2.6.20 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad-acpi/.
110 Sysfs device attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
111 for 2.6.20 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad-acpi/.
116 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
117 sysfs driver attribute: version
119 The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file.
121 Sysfs interface version
122 -----------------------
124 sysfs driver attribute: interface_version
126 Version of the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface, as an unsigned long
127 (output in hex format: 0xAAAABBCC), where:
128 AAAA - major revision
132 The sysfs interface version changelog for the driver can be found at the
133 end of this document. Changes to the sysfs interface done by the kernel
134 subsystems are not documented here, nor are they tracked by this
137 Changes to the thinkpad-acpi sysfs interface are only considered
138 non-experimental when they are submitted to Linux mainline, at which
139 point the changes in this interface are documented and interface_version
140 may be updated. If you are using any thinkpad-acpi features not yet
141 sent to mainline for merging, you do so on your own risk: these features
142 may disappear, or be implemented in a different and incompatible way by
143 the time they are merged in Linux mainline.
145 Changes that are backwards-compatible by nature (e.g. the addition of
146 attributes that do not change the way the other attributes work) do not
147 always warrant an update of interface_version. Therefore, one must
148 expect that an attribute might not be there, and deal with it properly
149 (an attribute not being there *is* a valid way to make it clear that a
150 feature is not available in sysfs).
155 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
156 sysfs device attribute: hotkey_*
158 In a ThinkPad, the ACPI HKEY handler is responsible for comunicating
159 some important events and also keyboard hot key presses to the operating
160 system. Enabling the hotkey functionality of thinkpad-acpi signals the
161 firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad
162 firmware will behave in many situations.
164 When the hotkey feature is enabled and the hot key mask is set (see
165 below), the various hot keys either generate ACPI events in the
168 ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
170 or events over the input layer. The input layer support accepts the
171 standard IOCTLs to remap the keycodes assigned to each hotkey.
173 When the input device is open, the driver will suppress any ACPI hot key
174 events that get translated into a meaningful input layer event, in order
175 to avoid sending duplicate events to userspace. Hot keys that are
176 mapped to KEY_RESERVED in the keymap are not translated, and will always
177 generate an ACPI ibm/hotkey HKEY event, and no input layer events.
179 The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate
180 events. If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware
181 will handle it. If it is "unmasked", it signals the firmware that
182 thinkpad-acpi would prefer to handle it, if the firmware would be so
183 kind to allow it (and it often doesn't!).
185 Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can be
186 modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled
187 by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all, and in those
188 models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. The behaviour of
189 the mask is, therefore, higly dependent on the ThinkPad model.
191 Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior. For
192 example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable
195 Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI.
196 For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" buttons
197 do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* be used
198 through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/
202 The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
204 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature
205 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature
206 echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys
207 echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
208 ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ...
209 echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask
214 Returns the status of the hot keys feature when
215 thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot
216 key feature status will be restored to this value.
218 0: hot keys were disabled
219 1: hot keys were enabled (unusual)
222 Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded.
223 Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored
227 Enables/disables the hot keys feature, and reports
228 current status of the hot keys feature.
230 0: disables the hot keys feature / feature disabled
231 1: enables the hot keys feature / feature enabled
234 bit mask to enable driver-handling and ACPI event
235 generation for each hot key (see above). Returns the
236 current status of the hot keys mask, and allows one to
240 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
241 supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above.
242 Unless you know which events need to be handled
243 passively (because the firmware *will* handle them
244 anyway), do *not* use hotkey_all_mask. Use
245 hotkey_recommended_mask, instead. You have been warned.
247 hotkey_recommended_mask:
248 bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
249 supported hot keys, except those which are always
250 handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to
251 hotkey_mask above, to use.
254 if the ThinkPad has a hardware radio switch, this
255 attribute will read 0 if the switch is in the "radios
256 disabled" postition, and 1 if the switch is in the
257 "radios enabled" position.
261 A Hot key is mapped to a single input layer EV_KEY event, possibly
262 followed by an EV_MSC MSC_SCAN event that shall contain that key's scan
263 code. An EV_SYN event will always be generated to mark the end of the
266 Do not use the EV_MSC MSC_SCAN events to process keys. They are to be
267 used as a helper to remap keys, only. They are particularly useful when
268 remapping KEY_UNKNOWN keys.
270 The events are available in an input device, with the following id:
273 vendor: 0x1014 (PCI_VENDOR_ID_IBM) or
274 0x17aa (PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO)
275 product: 0x5054 ("TP")
278 The version will have its LSB incremented if the keymap changes in a
279 backwards-compatible way. The MSB shall always be 0x41 for this input
280 device. If the MSB is not 0x41, do not use the device as described in
281 this section, as it is either something else (e.g. another input device
282 exported by a thinkpad driver, such as HDAPS) or its functionality has
283 been changed in a non-backwards compatible way.
285 Adding other event types for other functionalities shall be considered a
286 backwards-compatible change for this input device.
288 Thinkpad-acpi Hot Key event map (version 0x4101):
294 0x1002 0x01 FN+F2 IBM: battery (rare)
297 0x1003 0x02 FN+F3 Many IBM models always report
298 this hot key, even with hot keys
299 disabled or with Fn+F3 masked
304 0x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button
305 semanthics, i.e. sleep-to-RAM).
306 It is always generate some kind
307 of event, either the hot key
308 event or a ACPI sleep button
309 event. The firmware may
310 refuse to generate further FN+F4
311 key presses until a S3 or S4 ACPI
312 sleep cycle is performed or some
315 0x1005 0x04 FN+F5 Radio. Enables/disables
316 the internal BlueTooth hardware
317 and W-WAN card if left in control
318 of the firmware. Does not affect
320 Should be used to turn on/off all
321 radios (bluetooth+W-WAN+WLAN),
326 0x1007 0x06 FN+F7 Video output cycle.
327 Do you feel lucky today?
329 0x1008 0x07 FN+F8 IBM: toggle screen expand
330 Lenovo: configure ultranav
336 0x100C 0x0B FN+F12 Sleep to disk. You are always
337 supposed to handle it yourself,
338 either through the ACPI event,
339 or through a hotkey event.
340 The firmware may refuse to
341 generate further FN+F4 key
342 press events until a S3 or S4
343 ACPI sleep cycle is performed,
346 0x100D 0x0C FN+BACKSPACE -
347 0x100E 0x0D FN+INSERT -
348 0x100F 0x0E FN+DELETE -
350 0x1010 0x0F FN+HOME Brightness up. This key is
351 always handled by the firmware
352 in IBM ThinkPads, even when
353 unmasked. Just leave it alone.
354 For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new
355 BIOS, it has to be handled either
356 by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace.
357 0x1011 0x10 FN+END Brightness down. See brightness
360 0x1012 0x11 FN+PGUP Thinklight toggle. This key is
361 always handled by the firmware,
364 0x1013 0x12 FN+PGDOWN -
366 0x1014 0x13 FN+SPACE Zoom key
368 0x1015 0x14 VOLUME UP Internal mixer volume up. This
369 key is always handled by the
370 firmware, even when unmasked.
371 NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
373 0x1016 0x15 VOLUME DOWN Internal mixer volume up. This
374 key is always handled by the
375 firmware, even when unmasked.
376 NOTE: Lenovo seems to be changing
378 0x1017 0x16 MUTE Mute internal mixer. This
379 key is always handled by the
380 firmware, even when unmasked.
382 0x1018 0x17 THINKPAD Thinkpad/Access IBM/Lenovo key
388 The ThinkPad firmware does not allow one to differentiate when most hot
389 keys are pressed or released (either that, or we don't know how to, yet).
390 For these keys, the driver generates a set of events for a key press and
391 immediately issues the same set of events for a key release. It is
392 unknown by the driver if the ThinkPad firmware triggered these events on
393 hot key press or release, but the firmware will do it for either one, not
396 If a key is mapped to KEY_RESERVED, it generates no input events at all,
397 and it may generate a legacy thinkpad-acpi ACPI hotkey event.
399 If a key is mapped to KEY_UNKNOWN, it generates an input event that
400 includes an scan code, and it may also generate a legacy thinkpad-acpi
403 If a key is mapped to anything else, it will only generate legacy
404 thinkpad-acpi ACPI hotkey events if nobody has opened the input device.
406 Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map:
409 0x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state
415 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
416 sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable
418 This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad
419 Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot.
423 If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
425 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
426 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
430 If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled /
431 disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
432 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
435 0: disables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is disabled
436 1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled.
438 Note: this interface will be probably be superseeded by the
439 generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet.
441 Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video
442 --------------------------------------------
444 This feature allows control over the devices used for video output -
445 LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
447 echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
448 echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
449 echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
450 echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
451 echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
452 echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
453 echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
454 echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
455 echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
456 echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
458 Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
459 Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
461 Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled. When automatic
462 video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid,
463 docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change
464 automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering
465 and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching,
466 the flickering or video corruption can be avoided.
468 The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs
469 (it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
471 Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls
472 whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a
473 mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current
474 video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature.
476 Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics
477 chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents
478 Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching
479 features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as
480 Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work.
482 UPDATE: There's now a patch for the X.org Radeon driver which
483 addresses this issue. Some people are reporting success with the patch
484 while others are still having problems. For more information:
486 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000
488 ThinkLight control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/light
489 ------------------------------------------
491 The current status of the ThinkLight can be found in this file. A few
492 models which do not make the status available will show it as
493 "unknown". The available commands are:
495 echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
496 echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
498 Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
499 ------------------------------------------
501 Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some
502 actions to be taken by the operating system to safely make or break
503 the electrical connections with the dock.
505 The docking feature of this driver generates the following ACPI events:
507 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000001 -- eject request
508 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000002 -- undocked
509 ibm/dock GDCK 00000000 00000003 -- docked
511 NOTE: These events will only be generated if the laptop was docked
512 when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for
513 hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was
514 booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the
517 Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: dock device not present
519 In this case, no dock-related events are generated but the dock and
520 undock commands described below still work. They can be executed
521 manually or triggered by Fn key combinations (see the example acpid
522 configuration files included in the driver tarball package available
525 When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event
526 above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the
529 echo undock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
531 After the LED on the dock goes off, it is safe to eject the laptop.
532 Note: if you pressed this key by mistake, go ahead and eject the
533 laptop, then dock it back in. Otherwise, the dock may not function as
536 When the laptop is docked, the third event above is generated. The
537 handler for this event should issue the following command to fully
540 echo dock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
542 The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock file shows the current status
543 of the dock, as provided by the ACPI framework.
545 The docking support in this driver does not take care of enabling or
546 disabling any other devices you may have attached to the dock. For
547 example, a CD drive plugged into the UltraBase needs to be disabled or
548 enabled separately. See the provided example acpid configuration files
549 for how this can be accomplished.
551 There is no support yet for PCI devices that may be attached to a
552 docking station, e.g. in the ThinkPad Dock II. The driver currently
553 does not recognize, enable or disable such devices. This means that
554 the only docking stations currently supported are the X-series
555 UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the
556 latter don't need any ACPI support, actually).
558 UltraBay eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
559 ------------------------------------
561 Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be
562 taken by the operating system to safely make or break the electrical
563 connections with the device.
565 This feature generates the following ACPI events:
567 ibm/bay MSTR 00000003 00000000 -- eject request
568 ibm/bay MSTR 00000001 00000000 -- eject lever inserted
570 NOTE: These events will only be generated if the UltraBay was present
571 when the laptop was originally booted (on the X series, the UltraBay
572 is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked).
573 This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices
574 in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the
575 UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs:
577 Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: bay device not present
579 In this case, no bay-related events are generated but the eject
580 command described below still works. It can be executed manually or
581 triggered by a hot key combination.
583 Sliding the eject lever generates the first event shown above. The
584 handler for this event should take whatever actions are necessary to
585 shut down the device in the UltraBay (e.g. call idectl), then issue
586 the following command:
588 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
590 After the LED on the UltraBay goes off, it is safe to pull out the
593 When the eject lever is inserted, the second event above is
594 generated. The handler for this event should take whatever actions are
595 necessary to enable the UltraBay device (e.g. call idectl).
597 The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status
598 of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework.
600 EXPERIMENTAL warm eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x (To use
601 this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when
604 These models do not have a button near the UltraBay device to request
605 a hot eject but rather require the laptop to be put to sleep
606 (suspend-to-ram) before the bay device is ejected or inserted).
607 The sequence of steps to eject the device is as follows:
609 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
610 put the ThinkPad to sleep
613 cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bay should show that the drive was removed
615 On the A3x, both the UltraBay 2000 and UltraBay Plus devices are
616 supported. Use "eject2" instead of "eject" for the second bay.
618 Note: the UltraBay eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x is
619 EXPERIMENTAL and may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION!
624 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
625 sysfs device attribute: cmos_command
627 This feature is mostly used internally by the ACPI firmware to keep the legacy
628 CMOS NVRAM bits in sync with the current machine state, and to record this
629 state so that the ThinkPad will retain such settings across reboots.
631 Some of these commands actually perform actions in some ThinkPad models, but
632 this is expected to disappear more and more in newer models. As an example, in
633 a T43 and in a X40, commands 12 and 13 still control the ThinkLight state for
634 real, but commands 0 to 2 don't control the mixer anymore (they have been
635 phased out) and just update the NVRAM.
637 The range of valid cmos command numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an
638 effect and the behavior varies from model to model. Here is the behavior
639 on the X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility):
641 0 - Related to "Volume down" key press
642 1 - Related to "Volume up" key press
643 2 - Related to "Mute on" key press
644 3 - Related to "Access IBM" key press
645 4 - Related to "LCD brightness up" key pess
646 5 - Related to "LCD brightness down" key press
647 11 - Related to "toggle screen expansion" key press/function
648 12 - Related to "ThinkLight on"
649 13 - Related to "ThinkLight off"
650 14 - Related to "ThinkLight" key press (toggle thinklight)
652 The cmos command interface is prone to firmware split-brain problems, as
653 in newer ThinkPads it is just a compatibility layer. Do not use it, it is
654 exported just as a debug tool.
656 LED control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/led
657 ---------------------------------
659 Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. The
660 available commands are:
662 echo '<led number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
663 echo '<led number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
664 echo '<led number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
666 The <led number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be
667 controlled varies from model to model. Here is the mapping on the X40:
676 All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink.
678 ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
679 ----------------------------------
681 The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide
682 audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same
683 sounds to be triggered manually.
685 The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
687 echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
689 The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds
690 and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
693 0 - stop a sound in progress (but use 17 to stop 16)
694 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery")
696 4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable")
698 6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC")
699 7 - high-pitched beep
700 9 - three short beeps
702 12 - low-pitched beep
703 15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0
704 16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17
710 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
711 sysfs device attributes: (hwmon) temp*_input
713 Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only
714 expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods. This
715 feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older
716 ThinkPads, and up to sixteen different sensors on newer ThinkPads.
718 For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
719 temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
721 On the T43/p, a typical output may be:
722 temperatures: 48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128
724 The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on
725 system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model).
727 http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that
728 tries to track down these locations for various models.
730 Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern:
733 2: (depends on model)
734 3: (depends on model)
736 5: Main battery: main sensor
737 6: Bay battery: main sensor
738 7: Main battery: secondary sensor
739 8: Bay battery: secondary sensor
740 9-15: (depends on model)
742 For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber):
746 For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org)
747 http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p
748 2: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp
750 9: MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus
751 10: Clock-generator, mini-pci card and ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI
753 11: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key
755 The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors
756 (source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31)
758 2: Main Battery: main sensor
760 4: Bay Battery: main sensor
763 7: Main Battery: secondary sensor
764 8: Bay Battery: secondary sensor
768 Readings from sensors that are not available return -128.
769 No commands can be written to this file.
772 Sensors that are not available return the ENXIO error. This
773 status may change at runtime, as there are hotplug thermal
774 sensors, like those inside the batteries and docks.
776 thinkpad-acpi thermal sensors are reported through the hwmon
777 subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at
781 EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump -- /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
782 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
784 This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
785 directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
786 WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
787 experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
789 This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller
790 registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers
791 were dumped are marked with a star:
793 [root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
794 EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
795 EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
796 EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
797 EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
798 EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
799 EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
800 EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc
801 EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
802 EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80
803 EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
804 EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
805 EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00
806 EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
807 EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
808 EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
809 EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
810 EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
812 This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan
813 speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
815 - make sure the battery is fully charged
816 - make sure the fan is running
817 - run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so
819 The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't
820 vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since
821 the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the
822 fan register with a star:
824 [root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
825 EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
826 EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
827 EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
828 EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
829 EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
830 EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
831 EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc
832 EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
833 EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80
834 EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
835 EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
836 EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00
837 EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
838 EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
839 EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
840 EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
841 EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
843 Another set of values that varies often is the temperature
844 readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
845 several quick dumps to eliminate them.
847 You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other
848 embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes
849 except the charging or discharging battery to determine which
850 registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
851 with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
852 a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
854 LCD brightness control
855 ----------------------
857 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
858 sysfs backlight device "thinkpad_screen"
860 This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
861 models which don't have a hardware brightness slider.
863 It has some limitations: the LCD backlight cannot be actually turned on or off
864 by this interface, and in many ThinkPad models, the "dim while on battery"
865 functionality will be enabled by the BIOS when this interface is used, and
866 cannot be controlled.
868 The backlight control has eight levels, ranging from 0 to 7. Some of the
869 levels may not be distinct.
871 There are two interfaces to the firmware for brightness control, EC and CMOS.
872 To select which one should be used, use the brightness_mode module parameter:
873 brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode, brightness_mode=2 selects CMOS mode,
874 brightness_mode=3 selects both EC and CMOS. The driver tries to autodetect
875 which interface to use.
879 The available commands are:
881 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
882 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
883 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
887 The interface is implemented through the backlight sysfs class, which is poorly
888 documented at this time.
890 Locate the thinkpad_screen device under /sys/class/backlight, and inside it
891 there will be the following attributes:
894 Reads the maximum brightness the hardware can be set to.
895 The minimum is always zero.
898 Reads what brightness the screen is set to at this instant.
901 Writes request the driver to change brightness to the given
902 value. Reads will tell you what brightness the driver is trying
903 to set the display to when "power" is set to zero and the display
904 has not been dimmed by a kernel power management event.
907 power management mode, where 0 is "display on", and 1 to 3 will
908 dim the display backlight to brightness level 0 because
909 thinkpad-acpi cannot really turn the backlight off. Kernel
910 power management events can temporarily increase the current
911 power management level, i.e. they can dim the display.
914 Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
915 ---------------------------------------
917 This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
918 a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
920 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
921 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
922 echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
923 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
925 The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be
926 distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
927 up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume).
928 The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file.
930 Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
931 ---------------------------------------------------------
933 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
934 sysfs device attributes: (hwmon) fan_input, pwm1, pwm1_enable
936 NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for
937 safety reasons. To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1"
938 must be given to thinkpad-acpi.
940 This feature attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and
941 other fan data that might be available. The speed is read directly
942 from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known
943 to work on later R, T, X and Z series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
944 value on other models.
948 Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface. Level 0
949 stops the fan. The higher the level, the higher the fan speed, although
950 adjacent levels often map to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest
951 level, where the fan reaches the maximum recommended speed.
953 Level "auto" means the EC changes the fan level according to some
954 internal algorithm, usually based on readings from the thermal sensors.
956 There is also a "full-speed" level, also known as "disengaged" level.
957 In this level, the EC disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control,
958 and drives the fan as fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware
959 limits, so use this level with caution.
961 The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another, and
962 it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
963 commands. The full-speed level may take up to two minutes to ramp up to
964 maximum speed, and in some ThinkPads, the tachometer readings go stale
965 while the EC is transitioning to the full-speed level.
967 WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
968 monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
969 enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
971 An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
972 ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow. This is
973 normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the varios thermal readings
976 On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
977 Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature
978 climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees. The
979 fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the
980 HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot
981 currently be controlled.
983 The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
984 certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done
985 through thinkpad-acpi.
987 The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
988 level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the procfs
989 fan commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog", or if there
990 are no writes to pwm1_enable (or to pwm1 *if and only if* pwm1_enable is
991 set to 1, manual mode) within a configurable amount of time of up to
992 120 seconds. This functionality is called fan safety watchdog.
994 Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will be
995 rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of the
996 above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is,
997 therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made through
998 means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" procfs fan
999 commands, or the hwmon fan control sysfs interface.
1003 The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:
1005 echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1006 echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1008 Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan
1009 will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.
1011 The fan level can be controlled with the command:
1013 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1015 Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto" or
1016 "full-speed" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the "auto"
1017 and "full-speed" levels. The driver accepts "disengaged" as an alias for
1018 "full-speed", and reports it as "disengaged" for backwards
1021 On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be
1022 controlled to a certain degree. Once the fan is running, it can be
1023 forced to run faster or slower with the following command:
1025 echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1027 The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from about
1028 3700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have any
1029 effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that range. The
1030 fan cannot be stopped or started with this command. This functionality
1031 is incomplete, and not available through the sysfs interface.
1033 To program the safety watchdog, use the "watchdog" command.
1035 echo 'watchdog <interval in seconds>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
1037 If you want to disable the watchdog, use 0 as the interval.
1041 The sysfs interface follows the hwmon subsystem guidelines for the most
1042 part, and the exception is the fan safety watchdog.
1044 Writes to any of the sysfs attributes may return the EINVAL error if
1045 that operation is not supported in a given ThinkPad or if the parameter
1046 is out-of-bounds, and EPERM if it is forbidden. They may also return
1047 EINTR (interrupted system call), and EIO (I/O error while trying to talk
1050 Features not yet implemented by the driver return ENOSYS.
1052 hwmon device attribute pwm1_enable:
1053 0: PWM offline (fan is set to full-speed mode)
1054 1: Manual PWM control (use pwm1 to set fan level)
1055 2: Hardware PWM control (EC "auto" mode)
1056 3: reserved (Software PWM control, not implemented yet)
1058 Modes 0 and 2 are not supported by all ThinkPads, and the
1059 driver is not always able to detect this. If it does know a
1060 mode is unsupported, it will return -EINVAL.
1062 hwmon device attribute pwm1:
1063 Fan level, scaled from the firmware values of 0-7 to the hwmon
1064 scale of 0-255. 0 means fan stopped, 255 means highest normal
1067 This attribute only commands the fan if pmw1_enable is set to 1
1068 (manual PWM control).
1070 hwmon device attribute fan1_input:
1071 Fan tachometer reading, in RPM. May go stale on certain
1072 ThinkPads while the EC transitions the PWM to offline mode,
1073 which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older
1076 driver attribute fan_watchdog:
1077 Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is
1078 1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog.
1080 To stop the fan: set pwm1 to zero, and pwm1_enable to 1.
1082 To start the fan in a safe mode: set pwm1_enable to 2. If that fails
1083 with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255
1084 would be the safest choice, though).
1090 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1091 sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable
1093 This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
1094 directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
1095 WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
1096 experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
1098 This feature shows the presence and current state of a W-WAN (Sierra
1099 Wireless EV-DO) device.
1101 It was tested on a Lenovo Thinkpad X60. It should probably work on other
1102 Thinkpad models which come with this module installed.
1106 If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used:
1108 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1109 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
1113 If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled /
1114 disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
1115 attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
1118 0: disables WWAN card / WWAN card is disabled
1119 1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled.
1121 Note: this interface will be probably be superseeded by the
1122 generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet.
1124 Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
1125 ------------------------------------
1127 Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by
1128 separating them with commas, for example:
1130 echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
1131 echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
1133 Commands can also be specified when loading the thinkpad-acpi module,
1136 modprobe thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
1138 Enabling debugging output
1139 -------------------------
1141 The module takes a debug paramater which can be used to selectively
1142 enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
1144 modprobe ibm_acpi debug=0xffff
1146 will enable all debugging output classes. It takes a bitmask, so
1147 to enable more than one output class, just add their values.
1149 Debug bitmask Description
1150 0x0001 Initialization and probing
1153 There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging
1154 information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems.
1156 The level of debugging information output by the driver can be changed
1157 at runtime through sysfs, using the driver attribute debug_level. The
1158 attribute takes the same bitmask as the debug module parameter above.
1160 Force loading of module
1161 -----------------------
1163 If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify
1164 the module parameter force_load=1. Regardless of whether this works or
1165 not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report.
1168 Sysfs interface changelog:
1170 0x000100: Initial sysfs support, as a single platform driver and
1172 0x000200: Hot key support for 32 hot keys, and radio slider switch
1174 0x010000: Hot keys are now handled by default over the input
1175 layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO,
1176 and the driver enables hot key handling by default in