thinkpad-acpi: enhance led support

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / Documentation / laptops / thinkpad-acpi.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index e7e9a69..88fc066 100644 (file)
--- 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
 ----------------------------------
@@ -1555,3 +1568,7 @@ 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.