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authorHenrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>2009-06-17 23:40:16 -0400
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-06-18 01:30:35 -0400
commitd7880f10c5d42ba182a97c1fd41d41d0b8837097 (patch)
tree56c7b64874b841d925467995dccf915545cde69e /Documentation
parent8bf3d4c535c2b9689c2979b281c24e9f59c2f4ad (diff)
thinkpad-acpi: forbid the use of HBRV on Lenovo ThinkPads
Forcing thinkpad-acpi to do EC-based brightness control (HBRV) on a X61 has very... interesting effects, instead of doing nothing (since it doesn't have EC-based backlight control), it causes "weirdness" in the fan tachometer readings, for example. This means the EC register that used to be HBRV has been reused by Lenovo for something else, but they didn't remove it from the DSDT. Make sure the documentation reflects this data, and forbid the user from forcing the driver to access HBRV on Lenovo ThinkPads. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt14
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diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 88fc0661de56..f2ff638cce8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -1169,17 +1169,19 @@ may not be distinct. Later Lenovo models that implement the ACPI
1169display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging 1169display backlight brightness control methods have 16 levels, ranging
1170from 0 to 15. 1170from 0 to 15.
1171 1171
1172There are two interfaces to the firmware for direct brightness control, 1172For IBM ThinkPads, there are two interfaces to the firmware for direct
1173EC and UCMS (or CMOS). To select which one should be used, use the 1173brightness control, EC and UCMS (or CMOS). To select which one should be
1174brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects EC mode, 1174used, use the brightness_mode module parameter: brightness_mode=1 selects
1175brightness_mode=2 selects UCMS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects EC 1175EC mode, brightness_mode=2 selects UCMS mode, brightness_mode=3 selects EC
1176mode with NVRAM backing (so that brightness changes are remembered 1176mode with NVRAM backing (so that brightness changes are remembered across
1177across shutdown/reboot). 1177shutdown/reboot).
1178 1178
1179The driver tries to select which interface to use from a table of 1179The driver tries to select which interface to use from a table of
1180defaults for each ThinkPad model. If it makes a wrong choice, please 1180defaults for each ThinkPad model. If it makes a wrong choice, please
1181report this as a bug, so that we can fix it. 1181report this as a bug, so that we can fix it.
1182 1182
1183Lenovo ThinkPads only support brightness_mode=2 (UCMS).
1184
1183When display backlight brightness controls are available through the 1185When display backlight brightness controls are available through the
1184standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct 1186standard ACPI interface, it is best to use it instead of this direct
1185ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native 1187ThinkPad-specific interface. The driver will disable its native