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33 .Nd "ACPI extras driver for IBM laptops"
35 To compile this driver into the kernel,
36 place the following line in your
37 kernel configuration file:
38 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
42 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
43 module at boot time, place the following line in
45 .Bd -literal -offset indent
51 driver provides support for hotkeys and other components of IBM laptops.
52 The main purpose of this driver is to provide an interface,
57 through which applications can determine the status of
58 various laptop components.
62 interface is enabled automatically after loading the driver, the
64 interface has to be enabled explicitly, as it may alter the default action of
66 This is done by setting the
68 sysctl as described below.
69 Specifying which keys should generate events is done by setting a bitmask,
70 whereas each bit represents one key or key combination.
71 This bitmask, accessible via the
75 by default, a value representing all possible keypress events on the specific
77 .Ss Xr devd 8 Ss Events
78 Hotkey events received by
80 provide the following information:
82 .Bl -tag -width "subsystem" -offset indent -compact
88 The source of the event in the ACPI namespace.
89 The value depends on the model.
91 Event code (see below).
94 Depending on the ThinkPad model, event codes may vary.
95 On a ThinkPad T41p these are as follows:
97 .Bl -tag -width "subsystem" -offset indent -compact
103 Fn + F3 (LCD backlight)
105 Fn + F4 (Suspend to RAM)
111 Fn + F7 (Screen expand)
121 Fn + F12 (Suspend to disk)
129 Fn + Home (Brightness up)
131 Fn + End (Brightness down)
133 Fn + PageUp (ThinkLight)
147 .Ss Xr led 4 Ss Interface
152 interface for the ThinkLight.
153 The ThinkLight can be made to blink by writing
156 .Pa /dev/led/thinklight
159 The following sysctls are currently implemented:
160 .Bl -tag -width indent
161 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.initialmask
163 Bitmask of ACPI events before the
166 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.availmask
168 Bitmask of all supported ACPI events.
169 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.events
170 Enable ACPI events and set the
176 driver being loaded, only the Fn+F4 button generates an ACPI event.
177 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.eventmask
178 Sets the ACPI events which are reported to
180 Fn+F3, Fn+F4 and Fn+F12 always generate ACPI events, regardless which value
183 Depending on the ThinkPad model, the meaning of different bits in the
186 On a ThinkPad T41p this is a bitwise OR of the following:
188 .Bl -tag -width indent-two -compact
194 Fn + F3 (LCD backlight)
196 Fn + F4 (Suspend to RAM)
202 Fn + F7 (Screen expand)
212 Fn + F12 (Suspend to disk)
220 Fn + Home (Brightness up)
222 Fn + End (Brightness down)
224 Fn + PageUp (ThinkLight)
238 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.hotkey
240 Status of several buttons.
241 Every time a button is pressed, the respecting bit is toggled.
242 It is a bitwise OR of the following:
244 .Bl -tag -width indent-two -compact
266 Brightness Up/Down Button
268 Volume Up/Down/Mute Button
270 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.lcd_brightness
271 Current brightness level of the display.
272 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.volume
274 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.mute
275 Indicates, whether the speakers are muted or not.
276 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.thinklight
277 Indicates, whether the ThinkLight keyboard light is activated or not.
278 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.bluetooth
279 Toggle Bluetooth chip activity.
280 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.wlan
282 Indicates whether the WLAN chip is active or not.
283 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan
284 Indicates whether the fan is in automatic (1) or manual (0) mode.
285 Default is automatic mode.
286 This sysctl should be used with extreme precaution, since disabling automatic
287 fan control might overheat the ThinkPad and lead to permanent damage if the
289 is not set accordingly.
290 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_level
291 Indicates at what speed the fan should run when being in manual mode.
292 Values are ranging from 0 (off) to 7 (max).
293 The resulting speed differs from model to model.
294 On a T41p this is as follows:
296 .Bl -tag -width indent-two -compact
306 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_speed
308 Fan speed in rounds per minute.
309 A few older ThinkPads report the fan speed in levels ranging from 0 (off)
311 .It Va dev.acpi_ibm.0.thermal
313 Shows the readings of up to eight different temperature sensors.
314 Most ThinkPads include six or more temperature sensors but
315 only expose the CPU temperature through
317 Some ThinkPads have the below sensor layout which might vary depending on the
340 Defaults for these sysctls can be set in
343 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/led/thinklight"
344 .It Pa /dev/led/thinklight
350 The following can be added to
352 in order to pass button events to a
353 .Pa /usr/local/sbin/acpi_oem_exec.sh
355 .Bd -literal -offset indent
357 match "system" "ACPI";
358 match "subsystem" "IBM";
359 action "/usr/local/sbin/acpi_oem_exec.sh $notify ibm";
364 .Pa /usr/local/sbin/acpi_oem_exec.sh
365 script might look like:
366 .Bd -literal -offset indent
369 if [ "$1" = "" -o "$2" = "" ]
371 echo "usage: $0 notify oem_name"
377 BC_PRECOMMANDS="scale=2"
383 DISPLAY_PIPE=/tmp/acpi_${OEM}_display
387 LEVEL=`sysctl -n dev.acpi_${OEM}.0.bluetooth`
388 if [ "$LEVEL" = "1" ]
390 sysctl dev.acpi_${OEM}.0.bluetooth=0
391 MESSAGE="bluetooth disabled"
393 sysctl dev.acpi_${OEM}.0.bluetooth=1
394 MESSAGE="bluetooth enabled"
398 LEVEL=`sysctl -n dev.acpi_${OEM}.0.lcd_brightness`
399 PERCENT=`${ECHO} "${BC_PRECOMMANDS} ; \\
400 ${LEVEL} / ${MAX_LCD_BRIGHTNESS} * 100" |\\
401 ${CALC} | ${CUT} -d . -f 1`
402 MESSAGE="brightness level ${PERCENT}%"
405 LEVEL=`sysctl -n dev.acpi_${OEM}.0.thinklight`
406 if [ "$LEVEL" = "1" ]
408 MESSAGE="thinklight enabled"
410 MESSAGE="thinklight disabled"
414 LEVEL=`sysctl -n dev.acpi_${OEM}.0.volume`
415 PERCENT=`${ECHO} "${BC_PRECOMMANDS} ; \\
416 ${LEVEL} / ${MAX_VOLUME} * 100" | \\
417 ${CALC} | ${CUT} -d . -f 1`
418 MESSAGE="volume level ${PERCENT}%"
421 LEVEL=`sysctl -n dev.acpi_${OEM}.0.mute`
422 if [ "$LEVEL" = "1" ]
424 MESSAGE="volume muted"
426 MESSAGE="volume unmuted"
433 if [ -p ${DISPLAY_PIPE} ]
435 ${ECHO} ${MESSAGE} >> ${DISPLAY_PIPE} &
448 device driver first appeared in
454 driver was written by
455 .An Takanori Watanabe Aq takawata@FreeBSD.org
456 and later mostly rewritten by
457 .An Markus Brueffer Aq markus@FreeBSD.org .
458 This manual page was written by
459 .An Christian Brueffer Aq brueffer@FreeBSD.org
461 .An Markus Brueffer Aq markus@FreeBSD.org .