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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2007-10-10 00:28:04 -0400
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2007-10-10 00:28:04 -0400
commitbf0a40b77ab1ce13fb6fa3bf7c8e413bac02873a (patch)
treedd5887139a15e5694d864c374ecf0daf088b19df /Documentation
parent2cde4afacad1d66a129ad8787c01ce122382559a (diff)
parent32afbf07aa53120c0e3fe1881b948ded99f4fc35 (diff)
Pull thinkpad into release branch
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt25
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 60953d6c919d..3b95bbacc775 100644
--- a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -105,10 +105,15 @@ The version of thinkpad-acpi's sysfs interface is exported by the driver
105as a driver attribute (see below). 105as a driver attribute (see below).
106 106
107Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space, 107Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
108for 2.6.20 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/. 108for 2.6.23 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/ and
109/sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_hwmon/
109 110
110Sysfs device attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space, 111Sysfs device attributes are on the thinkpad_acpi device sysfs attribute
111for 2.6.20 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/. 112space, for 2.6.23 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
113
114Sysfs device attributes for the sensors and fan are on the
115thinkpad_hwmon device's sysfs attribute space, but you should locate it
116looking for a hwmon device with the name attribute of "thinkpad".
112 117
113Driver version 118Driver version
114-------------- 119--------------
@@ -766,7 +771,7 @@ Temperature sensors
766------------------- 771-------------------
767 772
768procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal 773procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
769sysfs device attributes: (hwmon) temp*_input 774sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") temp*_input
770 775
771Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only 776Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but only
772expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods. This 777expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods. This
@@ -989,7 +994,9 @@ Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
989--------------------------------------------------------- 994---------------------------------------------------------
990 995
991procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan 996procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
992sysfs device attributes: (hwmon) fan_input, pwm1, pwm1_enable 997sysfs device attributes: (hwmon "thinkpad") fan1_input, pwm1,
998 pwm1_enable
999sysfs hwmon driver attributes: fan_watchdog
993 1000
994NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for 1001NOTE NOTE NOTE: fan control operations are disabled by default for
995safety reasons. To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1" 1002safety reasons. To enable them, the module parameter "fan_control=1"
@@ -1131,7 +1138,7 @@ hwmon device attribute fan1_input:
1131 which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older 1138 which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older
1132 ThinkPads. 1139 ThinkPads.
1133 1140
1134driver attribute fan_watchdog: 1141hwmon driver attribute fan_watchdog:
1135 Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is 1142 Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is
1136 1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog. 1143 1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog.
1137 1144
@@ -1233,3 +1240,9 @@ Sysfs interface changelog:
1233 layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO, 1240 layer, the radio switch generates input event EV_RADIO,
1234 and the driver enables hot key handling by default in 1241 and the driver enables hot key handling by default in
1235 the firmware. 1242 the firmware.
1243
12440x020000: ABI fix: added a separate hwmon platform device and
1245 driver, which must be located by name (thinkpad)
1246 and the hwmon class for libsensors4 (lm-sensors 3)
1247 compatibility. Moved all hwmon attributes to this
1248 new platform device.