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 - Experimental: 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 Hot keys -- /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
138 ---------------------------------
140 Without this driver, only the Fn-F4 key (sleep button) generates an
141 ACPI event. With the driver loaded, the hotkey feature enabled and the
142 mask set (see below), the various hot keys generate ACPI events in the
145 ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx
147 The last four digits vary depending on the key combination pressed.
148 All labeled Fn-Fx key combinations generate distinct events. In
149 addition, the lid microswitch and some docking station buttons may
150 also generate such events.
152 The following commands can be written to this file:
154 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature
155 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature
156 echo 0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all possible hot keys
157 echo 0x0000 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
158 ... any other 4-hex-digit mask ...
159 echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask
161 The bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate ACPI
162 events. Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that
163 can be modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually
164 controlled by the mask. Most recent ThinkPad models honor the
165 following bits (assuming the hot keys feature has been enabled):
167 key bit behavior when set behavior when unset
169 Fn-F3 always generates ACPI event
170 Fn-F4 always generates ACPI event
171 Fn-F5 0010 generate ACPI event enable/disable Bluetooth
172 Fn-F7 0040 generate ACPI event switch LCD and external display
173 Fn-F8 0080 generate ACPI event expand screen or none
174 Fn-F9 0100 generate ACPI event none
175 Fn-F12 always generates ACPI event
177 Some models do not support all of the above. For example, the T30 does
178 not support Fn-F5 and Fn-F9. Other models do not support the mask at
179 all. On those models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually.
181 Note that enabling ACPI events for some keys prevents their default
182 behavior. For example, if events for Fn-F5 are enabled, that key will
183 no longer enable/disable Bluetooth by itself. This can still be done
184 from an acpid handler for the ibm/hotkey event.
186 Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through
187 ACPI. For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM"
188 buttons do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can*
189 be used through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see
190 http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/
192 Bluetooth -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
193 -------------------------------------
195 This feature shows the presence and current state of a Bluetooth
196 device. If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
198 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
199 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
201 Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video
202 --------------------------------------------
204 This feature allows control over the devices used for video output -
205 LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
207 echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
208 echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
209 echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
210 echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
211 echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
212 echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
213 echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
214 echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
215 echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
216 echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
218 Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
219 Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
221 Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled. When automatic
222 video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid,
223 docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change
224 automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering
225 and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching,
226 the flickering or video corruption can be avoided.
228 The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs
229 (it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
231 Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls
232 whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a
233 mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current
234 video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature.
236 Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics
237 chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents
238 Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching
239 features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as
240 Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work.
242 UPDATE: There's now a patch for the X.org Radeon driver which
243 addresses this issue. Some people are reporting success with the patch
244 while others are still having problems. For more information:
246 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000
248 ThinkLight control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/light
249 ------------------------------------------
251 The current status of the ThinkLight can be found in this file. A few
252 models which do not make the status available will show it as
253 "unknown". The available commands are:
255 echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
256 echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
258 Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
259 ------------------------------------------
261 Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some
262 actions to be taken by the operating system to safely make or break
263 the electrical connections with the dock.
265 The docking feature of this driver generates the following ACPI events:
267 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000001 -- eject request
268 ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000002 -- undocked
269 ibm/dock GDCK 00000000 00000003 -- docked
271 NOTE: These events will only be generated if the laptop was docked
272 when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for
273 hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was
274 booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the
277 Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: dock device not present
279 In this case, no dock-related events are generated but the dock and
280 undock commands described below still work. They can be executed
281 manually or triggered by Fn key combinations (see the example acpid
282 configuration files included in the driver tarball package available
285 When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event
286 above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the
289 echo undock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
291 After the LED on the dock goes off, it is safe to eject the laptop.
292 Note: if you pressed this key by mistake, go ahead and eject the
293 laptop, then dock it back in. Otherwise, the dock may not function as
296 When the laptop is docked, the third event above is generated. The
297 handler for this event should issue the following command to fully
300 echo dock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
302 The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock file shows the current status
303 of the dock, as provided by the ACPI framework.
305 The docking support in this driver does not take care of enabling or
306 disabling any other devices you may have attached to the dock. For
307 example, a CD drive plugged into the UltraBase needs to be disabled or
308 enabled separately. See the provided example acpid configuration files
309 for how this can be accomplished.
311 There is no support yet for PCI devices that may be attached to a
312 docking station, e.g. in the ThinkPad Dock II. The driver currently
313 does not recognize, enable or disable such devices. This means that
314 the only docking stations currently supported are the X-series
315 UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the
316 latter don't need any ACPI support, actually).
318 UltraBay eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
319 ------------------------------------
321 Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be
322 taken by the operating system to safely make or break the electrical
323 connections with the device.
325 This feature generates the following ACPI events:
327 ibm/bay MSTR 00000003 00000000 -- eject request
328 ibm/bay MSTR 00000001 00000000 -- eject lever inserted
330 NOTE: These events will only be generated if the UltraBay was present
331 when the laptop was originally booted (on the X series, the UltraBay
332 is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked).
333 This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices
334 in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the
335 UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs:
337 Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: thinkpad_acpi: bay device not present
339 In this case, no bay-related events are generated but the eject
340 command described below still works. It can be executed manually or
341 triggered by a hot key combination.
343 Sliding the eject lever generates the first event shown above. The
344 handler for this event should take whatever actions are necessary to
345 shut down the device in the UltraBay (e.g. call idectl), then issue
346 the following command:
348 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
350 After the LED on the UltraBay goes off, it is safe to pull out the
353 When the eject lever is inserted, the second event above is
354 generated. The handler for this event should take whatever actions are
355 necessary to enable the UltraBay device (e.g. call idectl).
357 The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status
358 of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework.
360 EXPERIMENTAL warm eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x (To use
361 this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when
364 These models do not have a button near the UltraBay device to request
365 a hot eject but rather require the laptop to be put to sleep
366 (suspend-to-ram) before the bay device is ejected or inserted).
367 The sequence of steps to eject the device is as follows:
369 echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
370 put the ThinkPad to sleep
373 cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bay should show that the drive was removed
375 On the A3x, both the UltraBay 2000 and UltraBay Plus devices are
376 supported. Use "eject2" instead of "eject" for the second bay.
378 Note: the UltraBay eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x is
379 EXPERIMENTAL and may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION!
381 CMOS control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
382 -----------------------------------
384 This feature is used internally by the ACPI firmware to control the
385 ThinkLight on most newer ThinkPad models. It may also control LCD
386 brightness, sounds volume and more, but only on some models.
388 The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
390 echo 0 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
391 echo 1 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
392 echo 2 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
395 The range of valid numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an effect and
396 the behavior varies from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
397 X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility):
399 0 - no effect but tpb reports "Volume down"
400 1 - no effect but tpb reports "Volume up"
401 2 - no effect but tpb reports "Mute on"
402 3 - simulate pressing the "Access IBM" button
403 4 - LCD brightness up
404 5 - LCD brightness down
405 11 - toggle screen expansion
408 14 - no effect but tpb reports ThinkLight status change
410 LED control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/led
411 ---------------------------------
413 Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. The
414 available commands are:
416 echo '<led number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
417 echo '<led number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
418 echo '<led number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
420 The <led number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be
421 controlled varies from model to model. Here is the mapping on the X40:
430 All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink.
432 ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
433 ----------------------------------
435 The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide
436 audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same
437 sounds to be triggered manually.
439 The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
441 echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
443 The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds
444 and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
447 0 - stop a sound in progress (but use 17 to stop 16)
448 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery")
450 4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable")
452 6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC")
453 7 - high-pitched beep
454 9 - three short beeps
456 12 - low-pitched beep
457 15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0
458 16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17
461 Temperature sensors -- /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
462 ---------------------------------------------
464 Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but
465 only expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods.
466 This feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older
467 ThinkPads, and it has experimental support for up to sixteen different
468 sensors on newer ThinkPads. Readings from sensors that are not available
471 No commands can be written to this file.
473 EXPERIMENTAL: The 16-sensors feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the
474 implementation directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as
475 expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
476 experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. When EXPERIMENTAL
477 mode is enabled, reading the first 8 sensors on newer ThinkPads will
478 also use an new experimental thermal sensor access mode.
480 For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
481 temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
483 EXPERIMENTAL: On the T43/p, a typical output may be:
484 temperatures: 48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128
486 The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on
487 system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model).
489 http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that
490 tries to track down these locations for various models.
492 Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern:
495 2: (depends on model)
496 3: (depends on model)
498 5: Main battery: main sensor
499 6: Bay battery: main sensor
500 7: Main battery: secondary sensor
501 8: Bay battery: secondary sensor
502 9-15: (depends on model)
504 For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber):
508 For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org)
509 http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p
510 2: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp
512 9: MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus
513 10: ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI card, under touchpad
514 11: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key
516 The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors
517 (source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31)
519 2: Main Battery: main sensor
521 4: Bay Battery: main sensor
524 7: Main Battery: secondary sensor
525 8: Bay Battery: secondary sensor
528 EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump -- /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
529 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
531 This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
532 directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
533 WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
534 experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
536 This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller
537 registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers
538 were dumped are marked with a star:
540 [root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
541 EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
542 EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
543 EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
544 EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
545 EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
546 EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
547 EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc
548 EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
549 EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80
550 EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
551 EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
552 EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00
553 EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
554 EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
555 EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
556 EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
557 EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
559 This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan
560 speed on some models. To do that, do the following:
562 - make sure the battery is fully charged
563 - make sure the fan is running
564 - run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so
566 The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't
567 vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since
568 the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the
569 fan register with a star:
571 [root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump
572 EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f
573 EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00
574 EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00
575 EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80
576 EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00
577 EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
578 EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc
579 EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
580 EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80
581 EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00
582 EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
583 EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00
584 EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
585 EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
586 EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
587 EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03
588 EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a
590 Another set of values that varies often is the temperature
591 readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
592 several quick dumps to eliminate them.
594 You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other
595 embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes
596 except the charging or discharging battery to determine which
597 registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
598 with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
599 a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
601 LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
602 ---------------------------------------------------
604 This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
605 models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available
608 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
609 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
610 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
612 The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be
613 distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file.
615 Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
616 ---------------------------------------
618 This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
619 a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
621 echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
622 echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
623 echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
624 echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
626 The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be
627 distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
628 up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume).
629 The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file.
631 EXPERIMENTAL: fan speed, fan enable/disable -- /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
632 -----------------------------------------------------------------
634 This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
635 directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
636 WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
637 experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
639 This feature attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and
640 other fan data that might be available. The speed is read directly
641 from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known
642 to work on later R, T and X series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
643 value on other models.
645 Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels". Level 0 stops the fan. The higher
646 the level, the higher the fan speed, although adjacent levels often map
647 to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest level, where the fan reaches
648 the maximum recommended speed. Level "auto" means the EC changes the
649 fan level according to some internal algorithm, usually based on
650 readings from the thermal sensors. Level "disengaged" means the EC
651 disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control, and drives the fan as
652 fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware limits, so use this level
655 The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another,
656 and it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
659 The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:
661 echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
662 echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
664 Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan
665 will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.
667 WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
668 monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
669 enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
671 An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
672 ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow. This is
673 normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the varios thermal readings
676 On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
677 Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature
678 climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees. The
679 fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the
680 HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot
681 currently be controlled.
683 The fan level can be controlled with the command:
685 echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
687 Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto"
688 or "disengaged" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the
689 "auto" and "disengaged" levels.
691 On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be
692 controlled to a certain degree. Once the fan is running, it can be
693 forced to run faster or slower with the following command:
695 echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
697 The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from
698 about 3700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have
699 any effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that
700 range. The fan cannot be stopped or started with this command.
702 The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
703 certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done
704 through thinkpad-acpi.
706 The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
707 level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the fan
708 commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog" within a
709 configurable ammount of time. To do this, use the "watchdog" command.
711 echo 'watchdog <interval>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
713 Interval is the ammount of time in seconds to wait for one of the
714 above mentioned fan commands before reseting the fan level to a safe
715 one. If set to zero, the watchdog is disabled (default). When the
716 watchdog timer runs out, it does the exact equivalent of the "enable"
719 Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will
720 be rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of
721 the above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is,
722 therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made
723 through means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" fan
726 EXPERIMENTAL: WAN -- /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
727 ---------------------------------------
729 This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
730 directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
731 WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
732 experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
734 This feature shows the presence and current state of a WAN (Sierra
735 Wireless EV-DO) device. If WAN is installed, the following commands can
738 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
739 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
741 It was tested on a Lenovo Thinkpad X60. It should probably work on other
742 Thinkpad models which come with this module installed.
744 Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
745 ------------------------------------
747 Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by
748 separating them with commas, for example:
750 echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
751 echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
753 Commands can also be specified when loading the thinkpad-acpi module,
756 modprobe thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
758 Enabling debugging output
759 -------------------------
761 The module takes a debug paramater which can be used to selectively
762 enable various classes of debugging output, for example:
764 modprobe ibm_acpi debug=0xffff
766 will enable all debugging output classes. It takes a bitmask, so
767 to enable more than one output class, just add their values.
769 Debug bitmask Description
770 0x0001 Initialization and probing
773 There is also a kernel build option to enable more debugging
774 information, which may be necessary to debug driver problems.
776 The level of debugging information output by the driver can be changed
777 at runtime through sysfs, using the driver attribute debug_level. The
778 attribute takes the same bitmask as the debug module parameter above.
780 Force loading of module
781 -----------------------
783 If thinkpad-acpi refuses to detect your ThinkPad, you can try to specify
784 the module parameter force_load=1. Regardless of whether this works or
785 not, please contact ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net with a report.
788 Sysfs interface changelog:
790 0x000100: Initial sysfs support, as a single platform driver and