ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
- Version 0.22
- November 23rd, 2008
+ Version 0.24
+ December 11th, 2009
Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
- Bluetooth enable and disable
- video output switching, expansion control
- ThinkLight on and off
- - limited docking and undocking
- - UltraBay eject
- CMOS/UCMS control
- LED control
- ACPI sounds
firmware that such a driver is present, and modifies how the ThinkPad
firmware will behave in many situations.
-The driver enables the hot key feature automatically when loaded. The
-feature can later be disabled and enabled back at runtime. The driver
-will also restore the hot key feature to its previous state and mask
-when it is unloaded.
+The driver enables the HKEY ("hot key") event reporting automatically
+when loaded, and disables it when it is removed.
-When the hotkey feature is enabled and the hot key mask is set (see
-below), the driver will report HKEY events in the following format:
+The driver will report HKEY events in the following format:
ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
-Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all.
+Some of these events refer to hot key presses, but not all of them.
The driver will generate events over the input layer for hot keys and
radio switches, and over the ACPI netlink layer for other events. The
Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can be
modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled
-by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all, and in those
-models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. The behaviour of
-the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model.
+by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all. The behaviour
+of the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model.
+
+The driver will filter out any unmasked hotkeys, so even if the firmware
+doesn't allow disabling an specific hotkey, the driver will not report
+events for unmasked hotkeys.
Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior. For
example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable
-Bluetooth by itself.
+Bluetooth by itself in firmware.
-Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI.
-For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" buttons
-do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* be used
-through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/
+Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI
+depending on the ThinkPad model and firmware version. On those
+ThinkPads, it is still possible to support some extra hotkeys by
+polling the "CMOS NVRAM" at least 10 times per second. The driver
+attempts to enables this functionality automatically when required.
procfs notes:
The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
- echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature
- echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature
echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys
echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
... any other 8-hex-digit mask ...
- echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask
+ echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the recommended mask
+
+The following commands have been deprecated and will cause the kernel
+to log a warning:
+
+ echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- does nothing
+ echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- returns an error
The procfs interface does not support NVRAM polling control. So as to
maintain maximum bug-to-bug compatibility, it does not report any masks,
sysfs notes:
hotkey_bios_enabled:
- Returns the status of the hot keys feature when
- thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot
- key feature status will be restored to this value.
+ DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON.
- 0: hot keys were disabled
- 1: hot keys were enabled (unusual)
+ Returns 0.
hotkey_bios_mask:
+ DEPRECATED, DON'T USE, WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE.
+
Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded.
Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored
- to this value.
+ to this value. This is always 0x80c, because those are
+ the hotkeys that were supported by ancient firmware
+ without mask support.
hotkey_enable:
- 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.
+ DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON.
- 0: disables the hot keys feature / feature disabled
- 1: enables the hot keys feature / feature enabled
+ 0: returns -EPERM
+ 1: does nothing
hotkey_mask:
- bit mask to enable driver-handling (and depending on
+ bit mask to enable reporting (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
supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above.
bit mask that should enable event reporting for all
supported hot keys, except those which are always
handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to
- hotkey_mask above, to use.
+ hotkey_mask above, to use. This is the default mask
+ used by the driver.
hotkey_source_mask:
bit mask that selects which hot keys will 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.
+ Hot keys whose bits are set in hotkey_source_mask are
+ polled for in NVRAM, and reported as hotkey events if
+ enabled in hotkey_mask. 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,
For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new
BIOS, it has to be handled either
by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace.
+ The driver does the right thing,
+ never mess with this.
0x1011 0x10 FN+END Brightness down. See brightness
up for details.
In addition to the EV_KEY events, thinkpad-acpi may also issue EV_SW
events for switches:
-SW_RFKILL_ALL T60 and later hardare rfkill rocker switch
+SW_RFKILL_ALL T60 and later hardware rfkill rocker switch
SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A
Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map:
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
+0x5010 Brightness level changed/control event
The above events are never propagated by the driver.
0x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again
0x500B Tablet pen inserted 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.
Brightness hotkey notes:
-These are the current sane choices for brightness key mapping in
-thinkpad-acpi:
-
-For IBM and Lenovo models *without* ACPI backlight control (the ones on
-which thinkpad-acpi will autoload its backlight interface by default,
-and on which ACPI video does not export a backlight interface):
-
-1. Don't enable or map the brightness hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, as
- these older firmware versions unfortunately won't respect the hotkey
- mask for brightness keys anyway, and always reacts to them. This
- usually work fine, unless X.org drivers are doing something to block
- the BIOS. In that case, use (3) below. This is the default mode of
- operation.
-
-2. Enable the hotkeys, but map them to something else that is NOT
- KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP/DOWN or any other keycode that would cause
- userspace to try to change the backlight level, and use that as an
- on-screen-display hint.
-
-3. IF AND ONLY IF X.org drivers find a way to block the firmware from
- automatically changing the brightness, enable the hotkeys and map
- them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN, and feed that to
- something that calls xbacklight. thinkpad-acpi will not be able to
- change brightness in that case either, so you should disable its
- backlight interface.
-
-For Lenovo models *with* ACPI backlight control:
+Don't mess with the brightness hotkeys in a Thinkpad. If you want
+notifications for OSD, use the sysfs backlight class event support.
-1. Load up ACPI video and use that. ACPI video will report ACPI
- events for brightness change keys. Do not mess with thinkpad-acpi
- defaults in this case. thinkpad-acpi should not have anything to do
- with backlight events in a scenario where ACPI video is loaded:
- brightness hotkeys must be disabled, and the backlight interface is
- to be kept disabled as well. This is the default mode of operation.
-
-2. Do *NOT* load up ACPI video, enable the hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi,
- and map them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN. Process
- these keys on userspace somehow (e.g. by calling xbacklight).
+The driver will issue KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN events
+automatically for the cases were userspace has to do something to
+implement brightness changes. When you override these events, you will
+either fail to handle properly the ThinkPads that require explicit
+action to change backlight brightness, or the ThinkPads that require
+that no action be taken to work properly.
Bluetooth
It is impossible to know if the status returned through sysfs is valid.
-Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
-------------------------------------------
-
-Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some
-actions to be taken by the operating system to safely make or break
-the electrical connections with the dock.
-
-The docking feature of this driver generates the following ACPI events:
-
- ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000001 -- eject request
- ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000002 -- undocked
- ibm/dock GDCK 00000000 00000003 -- docked
-
-NOTE: These events will only be generated if the laptop was docked
-when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for
-hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was
-booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the
-logs:
-
- Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: dock device not present
-
-In this case, no dock-related events are generated but the dock and
-undock commands described below still work. They can be executed
-manually or triggered by Fn key combinations (see the example acpid
-configuration files included in the driver tarball package available
-on the web site).
-
-When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event
-above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the
-following command:
-
- echo undock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
-
-After the LED on the dock goes off, it is safe to eject the laptop.
-Note: if you pressed this key by mistake, go ahead and eject the
-laptop, then dock it back in. Otherwise, the dock may not function as
-expected.
-
-When the laptop is docked, the third event above is generated. The
-handler for this event should issue the following command to fully
-enable the dock:
-
- echo dock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
-
-The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock file shows the current status
-of the dock, as provided by the ACPI framework.
-
-The docking support in this driver does not take care of enabling or
-disabling any other devices you may have attached to the dock. For
-example, a CD drive plugged into the UltraBase needs to be disabled or
-enabled separately. See the provided example acpid configuration files
-for how this can be accomplished.
-
-There is no support yet for PCI devices that may be attached to a
-docking station, e.g. in the ThinkPad Dock II. The driver currently
-does not recognize, enable or disable such devices. This means that
-the only docking stations currently supported are the X-series
-UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the
-latter don't need any ACPI support, actually).
-
-
-UltraBay eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
-------------------------------------
-
-Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be
-taken by the operating system to safely make or break the electrical
-connections with the device.
-
-This feature generates the following ACPI events:
-
- ibm/bay MSTR 00000003 00000000 -- eject request
- ibm/bay MSTR 00000001 00000000 -- eject lever inserted
-
-NOTE: These events will only be generated if the UltraBay was present
-when the laptop was originally booted (on the X series, the UltraBay
-is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked).
-This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices
-in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the
-UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs:
-
- Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: bay device not present
-
-In this case, no bay-related events are generated but the eject
-command described below still works. It can be executed manually or
-triggered by a hot key combination.
-
-Sliding the eject lever generates the first event shown above. The
-handler for this event should take whatever actions are necessary to
-shut down the device in the UltraBay (e.g. call idectl), then issue
-the following command:
-
- echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
-
-After the LED on the UltraBay goes off, it is safe to pull out the
-device.
-
-When the eject lever is inserted, the second event above is
-generated. The handler for this event should take whatever actions are
-necessary to enable the UltraBay device (e.g. call idectl).
-
-The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status
-of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework.
-
-EXPERIMENTAL warm eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x (To use
-this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when
-loading the module):
-
-These models do not have a button near the UltraBay device to request
-a hot eject but rather require the laptop to be put to sleep
-(suspend-to-ram) before the bay device is ejected or inserted).
-The sequence of steps to eject the device is as follows:
-
- echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
- put the ThinkPad to sleep
- remove the drive
- resume from sleep
- cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bay should show that the drive was removed
-
-On the A3x, both the UltraBay 2000 and UltraBay Plus devices are
-supported. Use "eject2" instead of "eject" for the second bay.
-
-Note: the UltraBay eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x is
-EXPERIMENTAL and may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION!
-
-
CMOS/UCMS control
-----------------
LED indicators as well. Newer ThinkPads cannot query the real status
of the LED indicators.
+Because misuse of the LEDs could induce an unaware user to perform
+dangerous actions (like undocking or ejecting a bay device while the
+buses are still active), or mask an important alarm (such as a nearly
+empty battery, or a broken battery), access to most LEDs is
+restricted.
+
+Unrestricted access to all LEDs requires that thinkpad-acpi be
+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.
+
procfs notes:
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:
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.
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
"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
----------------------------------
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 auto-detect which interface to use.
+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
its level up and down at every change.
-Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
----------------------------------------
+Volume control (Console Audio control)
+--------------------------------------
+
+procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
+ALSA: "ThinkPad Console Audio Control", default ID: "ThinkPadEC"
+
+NOTE: by default, the volume control interface operates in read-only
+mode, as it is supposed to be used for on-screen-display purposes.
+The read/write mode can be enabled through the use of the
+"volume_control=1" module parameter.
+
+NOTE: distros are urged to not enable volume_control by default, this
+should be done by the local admin only. The ThinkPad UI is for the
+console audio control to be done through the volume keys only, and for
+the desktop environment to just provide on-screen-display feedback.
+Software volume control should be done only in the main AC97/HDA
+mixer.
+
+
+About the ThinkPad Console Audio control:
+
+ThinkPads have a built-in amplifier and muting circuit that drives the
+console headphone and speakers. This circuit is after the main AC97
+or HDA mixer in the audio path, and under exclusive control of the
+firmware.
+
+ThinkPads have three special hotkeys to interact with the console
+audio control: volume up, volume down and mute.
+
+It is worth noting that the normal way the mute function works (on
+ThinkPads that do not have a "mute LED") is:
-This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
-a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
+1. Press mute to mute. It will *always* mute, you can press it as
+ many times as you want, and the sound will remain mute.
+
+2. Press either volume key to unmute the ThinkPad (it will _not_
+ change the volume, it will just unmute).
+
+This is a very superior design when compared to the cheap software-only
+mute-toggle solution found on normal consumer laptops: you can be
+absolutely sure the ThinkPad will not make noise if you press the mute
+button, no matter the previous state.
+
+The IBM ThinkPads, and the earlier Lenovo ThinkPads have variable-gain
+amplifiers driving the speakers and headphone output, and the firmware
+also handles volume control for the headphone and speakers on these
+ThinkPads without any help from the operating system (this volume
+control stage exists after the main AC97 or HDA mixer in the audio
+path).
+
+The newer Lenovo models only have firmware mute control, and depend on
+the main HDA mixer to do volume control (which is done by the operating
+system). In this case, the volume keys are filtered out for unmute
+key press (there are some firmware bugs in this area) and delivered as
+normal key presses to the operating system (thinkpad-acpi is not
+involved).
+
+
+The ThinkPad-ACPI volume control:
+
+The preferred way to interact with the Console Audio control is the
+ALSA interface.
+
+The legacy procfs interface allows one to read the current state,
+and if volume control is enabled, accepts the following commands:
echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
+ echo unmute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
-The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be
-distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
-up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume).
-The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file.
+The <level> number range is 0 to 14 although not all of them may be
+distinct. To unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
+up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume), or
+the unmute command.
+
+You can use the volume_capabilities parameter to tell the driver
+whether your thinkpad has volume control or mute-only control:
+volume_capabilities=1 for mixers with mute and volume control,
+volume_capabilities=2 for mixers with only mute control.
+
+If the driver misdetects the capabilities for your ThinkPad model,
+please report this to ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, so that we
+can update the driver.
-The ALSA mixer interface to this feature is still missing, but patches
-to add it exist. That problem should be addressed in the not so
-distant future.
+There are two strategies for volume control. To select which one
+should be used, use the volume_mode module parameter: volume_mode=1
+selects EC mode, and volume_mode=3 selects EC mode with NVRAM backing
+(so that volume/mute changes are remembered across shutdown/reboot).
+
+The driver will operate in volume_mode=3 by default. If that does not
+work well on your ThinkPad model, please report this to
+ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
+
+The driver supports the standard ALSA module parameters. If the ALSA
+mixer is disabled, the driver will disable all volume functionality.
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
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
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.
accessing some functions of the driver
0x0001 Initialization and probing
0x0002 Removal
+ 0x0004 RF Transmitter control (RFKILL)
+ (bluetooth, WWAN, UWB...)
+ 0x0008 HKEY event interface, hotkeys
+ 0x0010 Fan control
+ 0x0020 Backlight brightness
+ 0x0040 Audio mixer/volume control
There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging
information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems.
0x020200: Add poll()/select() support to the following attributes:
hotkey_radio_sw, wakeup_hotunplug_complete, wakeup_reason
+
+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.
+
+0x020500: Updated hotkey driver, hotkey_mask is always available
+ and it is always able to disable hot keys. Very old
+ thinkpads are properly supported. hotkey_bios_mask
+ is deprecated and marked for removal.
+
+0x020600: Marker for backlight change event support.
+
+0x020700: Support for mute-only mixers.
+ Volume control in read-only mode by default.
+ Marker for ALSA mixer support.
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