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1 | IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver | ||
2 | |||
3 | Version 0.8 | ||
4 | 8 November 2004 | ||
5 | |||
6 | Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net> | ||
7 | http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/ | ||
8 | |||
9 | |||
10 | This is a Linux ACPI driver for the IBM ThinkPad laptops. It aims to | ||
11 | support various features of these laptops which are accessible through | ||
12 | the ACPI framework but not otherwise supported by the generic Linux | ||
13 | ACPI drivers. | ||
14 | |||
15 | |||
16 | Status | ||
17 | ------ | ||
18 | |||
19 | The features currently supported are the following (see below for | ||
20 | detailed description): | ||
21 | |||
22 | - Fn key combinations | ||
23 | - Bluetooth enable and disable | ||
24 | - video output switching, expansion control | ||
25 | - ThinkLight on and off | ||
26 | - limited docking and undocking | ||
27 | - UltraBay eject | ||
28 | - Experimental: CMOS control | ||
29 | - Experimental: LED control | ||
30 | - Experimental: ACPI sounds | ||
31 | |||
32 | A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web | ||
33 | site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure | ||
34 | reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table. | ||
35 | Please include the following information in your report: | ||
36 | |||
37 | - ThinkPad model name | ||
38 | - a copy of your DSDT, from /proc/acpi/dsdt | ||
39 | - which driver features work and which don't | ||
40 | - the observed behavior of non-working features | ||
41 | |||
42 | Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome. | ||
43 | |||
44 | |||
45 | Installation | ||
46 | ------------ | ||
47 | |||
48 | If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel | ||
49 | sources, simply enable the CONFIG_ACPI_IBM option (Power Management / | ||
50 | ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras). The rest of this section describes | ||
51 | how to install this driver when downloaded from the web site. | ||
52 | |||
53 | First, you need to get a kernel with ACPI support up and running. | ||
54 | Please refer to http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ for help with this | ||
55 | step. How successful you will be depends a lot on you ThinkPad model, | ||
56 | the kernel you are using and any additional patches applied. The | ||
57 | kernel provided with your distribution may not be good enough. I | ||
58 | needed to compile a 2.6.7 kernel with the 20040715 ACPI patch to get | ||
59 | ACPI working reliably on my ThinkPad X40. Old ThinkPad models may not | ||
60 | be supported at all. | ||
61 | |||
62 | Assuming you have the basic ACPI support working (e.g. you can see the | ||
63 | /proc/acpi directory), follow the following steps to install this | ||
64 | driver: | ||
65 | |||
66 | - unpack the archive: | ||
67 | |||
68 | tar xzvf ibm-acpi-x.y.tar.gz; cd ibm-acpi-x.y | ||
69 | |||
70 | - compile the driver: | ||
71 | |||
72 | make | ||
73 | |||
74 | - install the module in your kernel modules directory: | ||
75 | |||
76 | make install | ||
77 | |||
78 | - load the module: | ||
79 | |||
80 | modprobe ibm_acpi | ||
81 | |||
82 | After loading the module, check the "dmesg" output for any error messages. | ||
83 | |||
84 | |||
85 | Features | ||
86 | -------- | ||
87 | |||
88 | The driver creates the /proc/acpi/ibm directory. There is a file under | ||
89 | that directory for each feature described below. Note that while the | ||
90 | driver is still in the alpha stage, the exact proc file format and | ||
91 | commands supported by the various features is guaranteed to change | ||
92 | frequently. | ||
93 | |||
94 | Driver Version -- /proc/acpi/ibm/driver | ||
95 | -------------------------------------- | ||
96 | |||
97 | The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file. | ||
98 | |||
99 | Hot Keys -- /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey | ||
100 | --------------------------------- | ||
101 | |||
102 | Without this driver, only the Fn-F4 key (sleep button) generates an | ||
103 | ACPI event. With the driver loaded, the hotkey feature enabled and the | ||
104 | mask set (see below), the various hot keys generate ACPI events in the | ||
105 | following format: | ||
106 | |||
107 | ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 0000xxxx | ||
108 | |||
109 | The last four digits vary depending on the key combination pressed. | ||
110 | All labeled Fn-Fx key combinations generate distinct events. In | ||
111 | addition, the lid microswitch and some docking station buttons may | ||
112 | also generate such events. | ||
113 | |||
114 | The following commands can be written to this file: | ||
115 | |||
116 | echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature | ||
117 | echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature | ||
118 | echo 0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all possible hot keys | ||
119 | echo 0x0000 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys | ||
120 | ... any other 4-hex-digit mask ... | ||
121 | echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask | ||
122 | |||
123 | The bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate ACPI | ||
124 | events. Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that | ||
125 | can be modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually | ||
126 | controlled by the mask. Most recent ThinkPad models honor the | ||
127 | following bits (assuming the hot keys feature has been enabled): | ||
128 | |||
129 | key bit behavior when set behavior when unset | ||
130 | |||
131 | Fn-F3 always generates ACPI event | ||
132 | Fn-F4 always generates ACPI event | ||
133 | Fn-F5 0010 generate ACPI event enable/disable Bluetooth | ||
134 | Fn-F7 0040 generate ACPI event switch LCD and external display | ||
135 | Fn-F8 0080 generate ACPI event expand screen or none | ||
136 | Fn-F9 0100 generate ACPI event none | ||
137 | Fn-F12 always generates ACPI event | ||
138 | |||
139 | Some models do not support all of the above. For example, the T30 does | ||
140 | not support Fn-F5 and Fn-F9. Other models do not support the mask at | ||
141 | all. On those models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. | ||
142 | |||
143 | Note that enabling ACPI events for some keys prevents their default | ||
144 | behavior. For example, if events for Fn-F5 are enabled, that key will | ||
145 | no longer enable/disable Bluetooth by itself. This can still be done | ||
146 | from an acpid handler for the ibm/hotkey event. | ||
147 | |||
148 | Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through | ||
149 | ACPI. For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" | ||
150 | buttons do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* | ||
151 | be used through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see | ||
152 | http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/ | ||
153 | |||
154 | Bluetooth -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth | ||
155 | ------------------------------------- | ||
156 | |||
157 | This feature shows the presence and current state of a Bluetooth | ||
158 | device. If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used: | ||
159 | |||
160 | echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth | ||
161 | echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth | ||
162 | |||
163 | Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
164 | -------------------------------------------- | ||
165 | |||
166 | This feature allows control over the devices used for video output - | ||
167 | LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available: | ||
168 | |||
169 | echo lcd_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
170 | echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
171 | echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
172 | echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
173 | echo dvi_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
174 | echo dvi_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
175 | echo auto_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
176 | echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
177 | echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
178 | echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
179 | |||
180 | Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually. | ||
181 | Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device. | ||
182 | |||
183 | Automatic video switching can be enabled or disabled. When automatic | ||
184 | video switching is enabled, certain events (e.g. opening the lid, | ||
185 | docking or undocking) cause the video output device to change | ||
186 | automatically. While this can be useful, it also causes flickering | ||
187 | and, on the X40, video corruption. By disabling automatic switching, | ||
188 | the flickering or video corruption can be avoided. | ||
189 | |||
190 | The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs | ||
191 | (it sumulates the behavior of Fn-F7). | ||
192 | |||
193 | Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls | ||
194 | whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a | ||
195 | mode with less than full resolution is used. Note that the current | ||
196 | video expansion status cannot be determined through this feature. | ||
197 | |||
198 | Note that on many models (particularly those using Radeon graphics | ||
199 | chips) the X driver configures the video card in a way which prevents | ||
200 | Fn-F7 from working. This also disables the video output switching | ||
201 | features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as | ||
202 | Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work. | ||
203 | |||
204 | ThinkLight control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/light | ||
205 | ------------------------------------------ | ||
206 | |||
207 | The current status of the ThinkLight can be found in this file. A few | ||
208 | models which do not make the status available will show it as | ||
209 | "unknown". The available commands are: | ||
210 | |||
211 | echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light | ||
212 | echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light | ||
213 | |||
214 | Docking / Undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock | ||
215 | ------------------------------------------ | ||
216 | |||
217 | Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some | ||
218 | actions to be taken by the operating system to safely make or break | ||
219 | the electrical connections with the dock. | ||
220 | |||
221 | The docking feature of this driver generates the following ACPI events: | ||
222 | |||
223 | ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000001 -- eject request | ||
224 | ibm/dock GDCK 00000003 00000002 -- undocked | ||
225 | ibm/dock GDCK 00000000 00000003 -- docked | ||
226 | |||
227 | NOTE: These events will only be generated if the laptop was docked | ||
228 | when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for | ||
229 | hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was | ||
230 | booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the | ||
231 | logs: "ibm_acpi: dock device not present". No dock-related events are | ||
232 | generated but the dock and undock commands described below still | ||
233 | work. They can be executed manually or triggered by Fn key | ||
234 | combinations (see the example acpid configuration files included in | ||
235 | the driver tarball package available on the web site). | ||
236 | |||
237 | When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event | ||
238 | above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the | ||
239 | following command: | ||
240 | |||
241 | echo undock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock | ||
242 | |||
243 | After the LED on the dock goes off, it is safe to eject the laptop. | ||
244 | Note: if you pressed this key by mistake, go ahead and eject the | ||
245 | laptop, then dock it back in. Otherwise, the dock may not function as | ||
246 | expected. | ||
247 | |||
248 | When the laptop is docked, the third event above is generated. The | ||
249 | handler for this event should issue the following command to fully | ||
250 | enable the dock: | ||
251 | |||
252 | echo dock > /proc/acpi/ibm/dock | ||
253 | |||
254 | The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/dock file shows the current status | ||
255 | of the dock, as provided by the ACPI framework. | ||
256 | |||
257 | The docking support in this driver does not take care of enabling or | ||
258 | disabling any other devices you may have attached to the dock. For | ||
259 | example, a CD drive plugged into the UltraBase needs to be disabled or | ||
260 | enabled separately. See the provided example acpid configuration files | ||
261 | for how this can be accomplished. | ||
262 | |||
263 | There is no support yet for PCI devices that may be attached to a | ||
264 | docking station, e.g. in the ThinkPad Dock II. The driver currently | ||
265 | does not recognize, enable or disable such devices. This means that | ||
266 | the only docking stations currently supported are the X-series | ||
267 | UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the | ||
268 | latter don't need any ACPI support, actually). | ||
269 | |||
270 | UltraBay Eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay | ||
271 | ------------------------------------ | ||
272 | |||
273 | Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be | ||
274 | taken by the operating system to safely make or break the electrical | ||
275 | connections with the device. | ||
276 | |||
277 | This feature generates the following ACPI events: | ||
278 | |||
279 | ibm/bay MSTR 00000003 00000000 -- eject request | ||
280 | ibm/bay MSTR 00000001 00000000 -- eject lever inserted | ||
281 | |||
282 | NOTE: These events will only be generated if the UltraBay was present | ||
283 | when the laptop was originally booted (on the X series, the UltraBay | ||
284 | is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked). | ||
285 | This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices | ||
286 | in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the | ||
287 | UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs: "ibm_acpi: bay | ||
288 | device not present". No bay-related events are generated but the eject | ||
289 | command described below still works. It can be executed manually or | ||
290 | triggered by a hot key combination. | ||
291 | |||
292 | Sliding the eject lever generates the first event shown above. The | ||
293 | handler for this event should take whatever actions are necessary to | ||
294 | shut down the device in the UltraBay (e.g. call idectl), then issue | ||
295 | the following command: | ||
296 | |||
297 | echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay | ||
298 | |||
299 | After the LED on the UltraBay goes off, it is safe to pull out the | ||
300 | device. | ||
301 | |||
302 | When the eject lever is inserted, the second event above is | ||
303 | generated. The handler for this event should take whatever actions are | ||
304 | necessary to enable the UltraBay device (e.g. call idectl). | ||
305 | |||
306 | The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status | ||
307 | of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework. | ||
308 | |||
309 | Experimental Features | ||
310 | --------------------- | ||
311 | |||
312 | The following features are marked experimental because using them | ||
313 | involves guessing the correct values of some parameters. Guessing | ||
314 | incorrectly may have undesirable effects like crashing your | ||
315 | ThinkPad. USE THESE WITH CAUTION! To activate them, you'll need to | ||
316 | supply the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. | ||
317 | |||
318 | Experimental: CMOS control - /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos | ||
319 | ------------------------------------------------ | ||
320 | |||
321 | This feature is used internally by the ACPI firmware to control the | ||
322 | ThinkLight on most newer ThinkPad models. It appears that it can also | ||
323 | control LCD brightness, sounds volume and more, but only on some | ||
324 | models. | ||
325 | |||
326 | The commands are non-negative integer numbers: | ||
327 | |||
328 | echo 0 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos | ||
329 | echo 1 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos | ||
330 | echo 2 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos | ||
331 | ... | ||
332 | |||
333 | The range of numbers which are used internally by various models is 0 | ||
334 | to 21, but it's possible that numbers outside this range have | ||
335 | interesting behavior. Here is the behavior on the X40 (tpb is the | ||
336 | ThinkPad Buttons utility): | ||
337 | |||
338 | 0 - no effect but tpb reports "Volume down" | ||
339 | 1 - no effect but tpb reports "Volume up" | ||
340 | 2 - no effect but tpb reports "Mute on" | ||
341 | 3 - simulate pressing the "Access IBM" button | ||
342 | 4 - LCD brightness up | ||
343 | 5 - LCD brightness down | ||
344 | 11 - toggle screen expansion | ||
345 | 12 - ThinkLight on | ||
346 | 13 - ThinkLight off | ||
347 | 14 - no effect but tpb reports ThinkLight status change | ||
348 | |||
349 | If you try this feature, please send me a report similar to the | ||
350 | above. On models which allow control of LCD brightness or sound | ||
351 | volume, I'd like to provide this functionality in an user-friendly | ||
352 | way, but first I need a way to identify the models which this is | ||
353 | possible. | ||
354 | |||
355 | Experimental: LED control - /proc/acpi/ibm/LED | ||
356 | ---------------------------------------------- | ||
357 | |||
358 | Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. The | ||
359 | available commands are: | ||
360 | |||
361 | echo <led number> on >/proc/acpi/ibm/led | ||
362 | echo <led number> off >/proc/acpi/ibm/led | ||
363 | echo <led number> blink >/proc/acpi/ibm/led | ||
364 | |||
365 | The <led number> parameter is a non-negative integer. The range of LED | ||
366 | numbers used internally by various models is 0 to 7 but it's possible | ||
367 | that numbers outside this range are also valid. Here is the mapping on | ||
368 | the X40: | ||
369 | |||
370 | 0 - power | ||
371 | 1 - battery (orange) | ||
372 | 2 - battery (green) | ||
373 | 3 - UltraBase | ||
374 | 4 - UltraBay | ||
375 | 7 - standby | ||
376 | |||
377 | All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink. | ||
378 | |||
379 | If you try this feature, please send me a report similar to the | ||
380 | above. I'd like to provide this functionality in an user-friendly way, | ||
381 | but first I need to identify the which numbers correspond to which | ||
382 | LEDs on various models. | ||
383 | |||
384 | Experimental: ACPI sounds - /proc/acpi/ibm/beep | ||
385 | ----------------------------------------------- | ||
386 | |||
387 | The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide | ||
388 | audible alerts in various situtation. This feature allows the same | ||
389 | sounds to be triggered manually. | ||
390 | |||
391 | The commands are non-negative integer numbers: | ||
392 | |||
393 | echo 0 >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep | ||
394 | echo 1 >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep | ||
395 | echo 2 >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep | ||
396 | ... | ||
397 | |||
398 | The range of numbers which are used internally by various models is 0 | ||
399 | to 17, but it's possible that numbers outside this range are also | ||
400 | valid. Here is the behavior on the X40: | ||
401 | |||
402 | 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep | ||
403 | 3 - single beep | ||
404 | 4 - "unable" | ||
405 | 5 - single beep | ||
406 | 6 - "AC/DC" | ||
407 | 7 - high-pitched beep | ||
408 | 9 - three short beeps | ||
409 | 10 - very long beep | ||
410 | 12 - low-pitched beep | ||
411 | |||
412 | (I've only been able to identify a couple of them). | ||
413 | |||
414 | If you try this feature, please send me a report similar to the | ||
415 | above. I'd like to provide this functionality in an user-friendly way, | ||
416 | but first I need to identify the which numbers correspond to which | ||
417 | sounds on various models. | ||
418 | |||
419 | |||
420 | Multiple Command, Module Parameters | ||
421 | ----------------------------------- | ||
422 | |||
423 | Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by | ||
424 | separating them with commas, for example: | ||
425 | |||
426 | echo enable,0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey | ||
427 | echo lcd_disable,crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video | ||
428 | |||
429 | Commands can also be specified when loading the ibm_acpi module, for | ||
430 | example: | ||
431 | |||
432 | modprobe ibm_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable | ||
433 | |||
434 | |||
435 | Example Configuration | ||
436 | --------------------- | ||
437 | |||
438 | The ACPI support in the kernel is intended to be used in conjunction | ||
439 | with a user-space daemon, acpid. The configuration files for this | ||
440 | daemon control what actions are taken in response to various ACPI | ||
441 | events. An example set of configuration files are included in the | ||
442 | config/ directory of the tarball package available on the web | ||
443 | site. Note that these are provided for illustration purposes only and | ||
444 | may need to be adapted to your particular setup. | ||
445 | |||
446 | The following utility scripts are used by the example action | ||
447 | scripts (included with ibm-acpi for completeness): | ||
448 | |||
449 | /usr/local/sbin/idectl -- from the hdparm source distribution, | ||
450 | see http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/hardware | ||
451 | /usr/local/sbin/laptop_mode -- from the Linux kernel source | ||
452 | distribution, see Documentation/laptop-mode.txt | ||
453 | /sbin/service -- comes with Redhat/Fedora distributions | ||
454 | |||
455 | Toan T Nguyen <ntt@control.uchicago.edu> has written a SuSE powersave | ||
456 | script for the X20, included in config/usr/sbin/ibm_hotkeys_X20 | ||
457 | |||
458 | Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gentoo.org> has written a Gentoo ACPI event | ||
459 | handler script for the X31. You can get the latest version from | ||
460 | http://dev.gentoo.org/~brix/files/x31.sh | ||
461 | |||
462 | David Schweikert <dws@ee.eth.ch> has written an alternative blank.sh | ||
463 | script which works on Debian systems, included in | ||
464 | configs/etc/acpi/actions/blank-debian.sh | ||
465 | |||
466 | |||
467 | TODO | ||
468 | ---- | ||
469 | |||
470 | I'd like to implement the following features but haven't yet found the | ||
471 | time and/or I don't yet know how to implement them: | ||
472 | |||
473 | - UltraBay floppy drive support | ||
474 | |||