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authorHenrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>2007-07-18 22:45:29 -0400
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2007-07-21 23:37:50 -0400
commitae92bd17ff703b3703562148c73b4d6833e6a326 (patch)
tree8e987e553f7c4d4a54be326e2b5310c32a6c1faf /Documentation
parentb8b26402cb711de5d3bbd4515b91b6d863fea259 (diff)
ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: enable more hotkeys
Revise ACPI HKEY functionality to better interface with the firmware, and enable up to 32 regular hotkeys, instead of just 16 of them. Ouch. This takes care of most keys one used to have to do CMOS NVRAM polling on, and should drop the need for tpb, thinkpad-keys, and other such 5Hz NVRAM polling power vampires on most modern ThinkPads ;-) And, just to add insult to injury, this was sort of working since forever through the procfs interface, but nobody noticed or tried an echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey and told me it would generate weird events. ARGH! Thanks to Richard Hughes for kicking off the work that ended up with this discovery, and to Matthew Garret for calling my attention to the fact that newer ThinkPads were indeed generating ACPI GPEs when such hot keys were pressed. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Cc: Richard Hughes <hughsient@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
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@@ -153,29 +153,22 @@ addition, the lid microswitch and some docking station buttons may
153also generate such events. 153also generate such events.
154 154
155The bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate ACPI 155The bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate ACPI
156events. Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that 156events. Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can
157can be modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually 157be modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled
158controlled by the mask. Most recent ThinkPad models honor the 158by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all. On those
159following bits (assuming the hot keys feature has been enabled): 159models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually.
160
161 key bit behavior when set behavior when unset
162
163 Fn-F3 always generates ACPI event
164 Fn-F4 always generates ACPI event
165 Fn-F5 0010 generate ACPI event enable/disable Bluetooth
166 Fn-F7 0040 generate ACPI event switch LCD and external display
167 Fn-F8 0080 generate ACPI event expand screen or none
168 Fn-F9 0100 generate ACPI event none
169 Fn-F12 always generates ACPI event
170
171Some models do not support all of the above. For example, the T30 does
172not support Fn-F5 and Fn-F9. Other models do not support the mask at
173all. On those models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually.
174 160
175Note that enabling ACPI events for some keys prevents their default 161Note that enabling ACPI events for some keys prevents their default
176behavior. For example, if events for Fn-F5 are enabled, that key will 162behavior. For example, if events for Fn-F5 are enabled, that key will no
177no longer enable/disable Bluetooth by itself. This can still be done 163longer enable/disable Bluetooth by itself. This can still be done from
178from an acpid handler for the ibm/hotkey event. 164an acpid handler for the ibm/hotkey event.
165
166On some models, even enabling/disabling the entire hot key feature may
167change the way some keys behave (e.g. in a T43, Fn+F4 will generate an
168button/sleep ACPI event if hot keys are disabled, and it will ignore its
169mask when hot keys are enabled, so the key always does something. On a
170X40, Fn+F4 respects its mask status, but generates the button/sleep ACPI
171event if masked off).
179 172
180Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through 173Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through
181ACPI. For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" 174ACPI. For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM"
@@ -189,9 +182,9 @@ The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
189 182
190 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature 183 echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable the hot keys feature
191 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature 184 echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable the hot keys feature
192 echo 0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all possible hot keys 185 echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys
193 echo 0x0000 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys 186 echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys
194 ... any other 4-hex-digit mask ... 187 ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ...
195 echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask 188 echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask
196 189
197sysfs notes: 190sysfs notes: