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diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 78e354b42f6..f2296ecedb8 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ The available commands are: 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 +The <LED number> range is 0 to 15. The set of LEDs that can be controlled varies from model to model. Here is the common ThinkPad mapping: @@ -932,6 +932,11 @@ mapping: 5 - UltraBase battery slot 6 - (unknown) 7 - standby + 8 - dock status 1 + 9 - dock status 2 + 10, 11 - (unknown) + 12 - thinkvantage + 13, 14, 15 - (unknown) All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink. @@ -940,10 +945,12 @@ sysfs notes: The ThinkPad LED sysfs interface is described in detail by the LED class documentation, in Documentation/leds-class.txt. -The leds are named (in LED ID order, from 0 to 7): +The LEDs are named (in LED ID order, from 0 to 12): "tpacpi::power", "tpacpi:orange:batt", "tpacpi:green:batt", "tpacpi::dock_active", "tpacpi::bay_active", "tpacpi::dock_batt", -"tpacpi::unknown_led", "tpacpi::standby". +"tpacpi::unknown_led", "tpacpi::standby", "tpacpi::dock_status1", +"tpacpi::dock_status2", "tpacpi::unknown_led2", "tpacpi::unknown_led3", +"tpacpi::thinkvantage". Due to limitations in the sysfs LED class, if the status of the LED indicators cannot be read due to an error, thinkpad-acpi will report it as @@ -958,6 +965,12 @@ ThinkPad indicator LED should blink in hardware accelerated mode, use the "timer" trigger, and leave the delay_on and delay_off parameters set to zero (to request hardware acceleration autodetection). +LEDs that are known not to exist in a given ThinkPad model are not +made available through the sysfs interface. If you have a dock and you +notice there are LEDs listed for your ThinkPad that do not exist (and +are not in the dock), or if you notice that there are missing LEDs, +a report to ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net is appreciated. + ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep ---------------------------------- @@ -1156,17 +1169,19 @@ 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 UCMS (or CMOS). To select which one should be used, use the -brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode, -brightness_mode=2 selects UCMS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects EC -mode with NVRAM backing (so that brightness changes are remembered -across shutdown/reboot). +For IBM ThinkPads, there are two interfaces to the firmware for direct +brightness control, EC and UCMS (or CMOS). To select which one should be +used, use the brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects +EC mode, brightness_mode=2 selects UCMS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects EC +mode with NVRAM backing (so that brightness changes are remembered across +shutdown/reboot). The driver tries to select which interface to use from a table of defaults for each ThinkPad model. If it makes a wrong choice, please report this as a bug, so that we can fix it. +Lenovo ThinkPads only support brightness_mode=2 (UCMS). + 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 @@ -1254,7 +1269,7 @@ Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") fan1_input, pwm1, - pwm1_enable + pwm1_enable, fan2_input sysfs hwmon driver attributes: fan_watchdog NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for @@ -1267,6 +1282,9 @@ from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known to work on later R, T, X and Z series ThinkPads but may show a bogus value on other models. +Some Lenovo ThinkPads support a secondary fan. This fan cannot be +controlled separately, it shares the main fan control. + Fan levels: Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface. Level 0 @@ -1397,6 +1415,11 @@ hwmon device attribute fan1_input: which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older ThinkPads. +hwmon device attribute fan2_input: + Fan tachometer reading, in RPM, for the secondary fan. + Available only on some ThinkPads. If the secondary fan is + not installed, will always read 0. + hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog: Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is 1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog. @@ -1555,3 +1578,7 @@ Sysfs interface changelog: 0x020300: hotkey enable/disable support removed, attributes hotkey_bios_enabled and hotkey_enable deprecated and marked for removal. + +0x020400: Marker for 16 LEDs support. Also, LEDs that are known + to not exist in a given model are not registered with + the LED sysfs class anymore. |