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author | Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@gmail.com> | 2014-08-14 11:55:39 -0400 |
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committer | Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com> | 2014-08-16 04:23:56 -0400 |
commit | f369aa6d0571df12b6e80a1e86eb7d8ae715b421 (patch) | |
tree | 8cbb6e7872f3f61a0c2e777a4ff4ae9afafcc472 /Documentation | |
parent | 23d0ba0c908ac10139f0351023c64198d7fc1409 (diff) |
Documentation: Add file about toshiba_haps module
This patch provides information about the Toshiba HDD
Active Protection Sensor driver module toshiba_haps.
Signed-off-by: Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/toshiba_haps.txt | 76 |
2 files changed, 78 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX b/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX index d399ae1fc724..a3b4f209e562 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX | |||
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ sonypi.txt | |||
18 | - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support. | 18 | - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support. |
19 | thinkpad-acpi.txt | 19 | thinkpad-acpi.txt |
20 | - information on the (IBM and Lenovo) ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver. | 20 | - information on the (IBM and Lenovo) ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver. |
21 | toshiba_haps.txt | ||
22 | - information on the Toshiba HDD Active Protection Sensor driver. | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/toshiba_haps.txt b/Documentation/laptops/toshiba_haps.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..11dbcfdc9e7a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/laptops/toshiba_haps.txt | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ | |||
1 | Kernel driver toshiba_haps | ||
2 | Toshiba HDD Active Protection Sensor | ||
3 | ==================================== | ||
4 | |||
5 | Author: Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@gmail.com> | ||
6 | |||
7 | |||
8 | 0. Contents | ||
9 | ----------- | ||
10 | |||
11 | 1. Description | ||
12 | 2. Interface | ||
13 | 3. Accelerometer axes | ||
14 | 4. Supported devices | ||
15 | 5. Usage | ||
16 | |||
17 | |||
18 | 1. Description | ||
19 | -------------- | ||
20 | |||
21 | This driver provides support for the accelerometer found in various Toshiba | ||
22 | laptops, being called "Toshiba HDD Protection - Shock Sensor" officialy, | ||
23 | and detects laptops automatically with this device. | ||
24 | On Windows, Toshiba provided software monitors this device and provides | ||
25 | automatic HDD protection (head unload) on sudden moves or harsh vibrations, | ||
26 | however, this driver only provides a notification via a sysfs file to let | ||
27 | userspace tools or daemons act accordingly, as well as providing a sysfs | ||
28 | file to set the desired protection level or sensor sensibility. | ||
29 | |||
30 | |||
31 | 2. Interface | ||
32 | ------------ | ||
33 | |||
34 | This device comes with 3 methods: | ||
35 | _STA - Checks existence of the device, returning Zero if the device does not | ||
36 | exists or is not supported. | ||
37 | PTLV - Sets the desired protection level. | ||
38 | RSSS - Shuts down the HDD protection interface for a few seconds, | ||
39 | then restores normal operation. | ||
40 | |||
41 | Note: | ||
42 | The presence of Solid State Drives (SSD) can make this driver to fail loading, | ||
43 | given the fact that such drives have no movable parts, and thus, not requiring | ||
44 | any "protection" as well as failing during the evaluation of the _STA method | ||
45 | found under this device. | ||
46 | |||
47 | |||
48 | 3. Accelerometer axes | ||
49 | --------------------- | ||
50 | |||
51 | This device does not report any axes, however, to query the sensor position | ||
52 | a couple HCI (Hardware Configuration Interface) calls (0x6D and 0xA6) are | ||
53 | provided to query such information, handled by the kernel module toshiba_acpi | ||
54 | since kernel version 3.15. | ||
55 | |||
56 | |||
57 | 4. Supported devices | ||
58 | -------------------- | ||
59 | |||
60 | This driver binds itself to the ACPI device TOS620A, and any Toshiba laptop | ||
61 | with this device is supported, given the fact that they have the presence of | ||
62 | conventional HDD and not only SSD, or a combination of both HDD and SSD. | ||
63 | |||
64 | |||
65 | 5. Usage | ||
66 | -------- | ||
67 | |||
68 | The sysfs files under /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/TOS620A:00/ are: | ||
69 | protection_level - The protection_level is readable and writeable, and | ||
70 | provides a way to let userspace query the current protection | ||
71 | level, as well as set the desired protection level, the | ||
72 | available protection levels are: | ||
73 | 0 - Disabled | 1 - Low | 2 - Medium | 3 - High | ||
74 | reset_protection - The reset_protection entry is writeable only, being "1" | ||
75 | the only parameter it accepts, it is used to trigger | ||
76 | a reset of the protection interface. | ||