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diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt b/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c1c5be84e4b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt @@ -0,0 +1,258 @@ +Asus Laptop Extras + +Version 0.1 +August 6, 2009 + +Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net> +http://acpi4asus.sf.net/ + + This driver provides support for extra features of ACPI-compatible ASUS laptops. + It may also support some MEDION, JVC or VICTOR laptops (such as MEDION 9675 or + VICTOR XP7210 for example). It makes all the extra buttons generate standard + ACPI events that go through /proc/acpi/events and input events (like keyboards). + On some models adds support for changing the display brightness and output, + switching the LCD backlight on and off, and most importantly, allows you to + blink those fancy LEDs intended for reporting mail and wireless status. + +This driver supercedes the old asus_acpi driver. + +Requirements +------------ + + Kernel 2.6.X sources, configured for your computer, with ACPI support. + You also need CONFIG_INPUT and CONFIG_ACPI. + +Status +------ + + The features currently supported are the following (see below for + detailed description): + + - Fn key combinations + - Bluetooth enable and disable + - Wlan enable and disable + - GPS enable and disable + - Video output switching + - Ambient Light Sensor on and off + - LED control + - LED Display control + - LCD brightness control + - LCD on and off + + A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web + site, http://acpi4asus.sf.net/. + +Usage +----- + + Try "modprobe asus_acpi". Check your dmesg (simply type dmesg). You should + see some lines like this : + + Asus Laptop Extras version 0.42 + L2D model detected. + + If it is not the output you have on your laptop, send it (and the laptop's + DSDT) to me. + + That's all, now, all the events generated by the hotkeys of your laptop + should be reported in your /proc/acpi/event entry. You can check with + "acpi_listen". + + Hotkeys are also reported as input keys (like keyboards) you can check + which key are supported using "xev" under X11. + + You can get informations on the version of your DSDT table by reading the + /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/infos entry. If you have a question or a + bug report to do, please include the output of this entry. + +LEDs +---- + + You can modify LEDs be echoing values to /sys/class/leds/asus::*/brightness : + echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/asus::mail/brightness + will switch the mail LED on. + You can also know if they are on/off by reading their content and use + kernel triggers like ide-disk or heartbeat. + +Backlight +--------- + + You can control lcd backlight power and brightness with + /sys/class/backlight/asus-laptop/. Brightness Values are between 0 and 15. + +Wireless devices +--------------- + + You can turn the internal Bluetooth adapter on/off with the bluetooth entry + (only on models with Bluetooth). This usually controls the associated LED. + Same for Wlan adapter. + +Display switching +----------------- + + Note: the display switching code is currently considered EXPERIMENTAL. + + Switching works for the following models: + L3800C + A2500H + L5800C + M5200N + W1000N (albeit with some glitches) + M6700R + A6JC + F3J + + Switching doesn't work for the following: + M3700N + L2X00D (locks the laptop under certain conditions) + + To switch the displays, echo values from 0 to 15 to + /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display. The significance of those values + is as follows: + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Bin | Val | DVI | TV | CRT | LCD | + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0000 + 0 + + + + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0001 + 1 + + + + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0010 + 2 + + + X + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0011 + 3 + + + X + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0100 + 4 + + X + + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0101 + 5 + + X + + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0110 + 6 + + X + X + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0111 + 7 + + X + X + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1000 + 8 + X + + + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1001 + 9 + X + + + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1010 + 10 + X + + X + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1011 + 11 + X + + X + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1100 + 12 + X + X + + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1101 + 13 + X + X + + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1110 + 14 + X + X + X + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1111 + 15 + X + X + X + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + In most cases, the appropriate displays must be plugged in for the above + combinations to work. TV-Out may need to be initialized at boot time. + + Debugging: + 1) Check whether the Fn+F8 key: + a) does not lock the laptop (try disabling CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC or boot with + noapic / nolapic if it does) + b) generates events (0x6n, where n is the value corresponding to the + configuration above) + c) actually works + Record the disp value at every configuration. + 2) Echo values from 0 to 15 to /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display. + Record its value, note any change. If nothing changes, try a broader range, + up to 65535. + 3) Send ANY output (both positive and negative reports are needed, unless your + machine is already listed above) to the acpi4asus-user mailing list. + + Note: on some machines (e.g. L3C), after the module has been loaded, only 0x6n + events are generated and no actual switching occurs. In such a case, a line + like: + + echo $((10#$arg-60)) > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display + + will usually do the trick ($arg is the 0000006n-like event passed to acpid). + + Note: there is currently no reliable way to read display status on xxN + (Centrino) models. + +LED display +----------- + + Some models like the W1N have a LED display that can be used to display + several informations. + + LED display works for the following models: + W1000N + W1J + + To control the LED display, use the following : + + echo 0x0T000DDD > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ + + where T control the 3 letters display, and DDD the 3 digits display, + according to the tables below. + + DDD (digits) + 000 to 999 = display digits + AAA = --- + BBB to FFF = turn-off + + T (type) + 0 = off + 1 = dvd + 2 = vcd + 3 = mp3 + 4 = cd + 5 = tv + 6 = cpu + 7 = vol + + For example "echo 0x01000001 >/sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ledd" + would display "DVD001". + +Driver options: +--------------- + + Options can be passed to the asus-laptop driver using the standard + module argument syntax (<param>=<value> when passing the option to the + module or asus-laptop.<param>=<value> on the kernel boot line when + asus-laptop is statically linked into the kernel). + + wapf: WAPF defines the behavior of the Fn+Fx wlan key + The significance of values is yet to be found, but + most of the time: + - 0x0 should do nothing + - 0x1 should allow to control the device with Fn+Fx key. + - 0x4 should send an ACPI event (0x88) while pressing the Fn+Fx key + - 0x5 like 0x1 or 0x4 + + The default value is 0x1. + +Unsupported models +------------------ + + These models will never be supported by this module, as they use a completely + different mechanism to handle LEDs and extra stuff (meaning we have no clue + how it works): + + - ASUS A1300 (A1B), A1370D + - ASUS L7300G + - ASUS L8400 + +Patches, Errors, Questions: +-------------------------- + + I appreciate any success or failure + reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table. + Please include the following information in your report: + + - Asus model name + - a copy of your ACPI tables, using the "acpidump" utility + - a copy of /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/infos + - which driver features work and which don't + - the observed behavior of non-working features + + Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome. + + acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net + http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi4asus + diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index e2ddcdeb61b6..aafcaa634191 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -199,18 +199,22 @@ kind to allow it (and it often doesn't!). Not all bits in the mask can be modified. Not all bits that can be modified do anything. Not all hot keys can be individually controlled -by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all, and in those -models, hot keys cannot be controlled individually. The behaviour of -the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model. +by the mask. Some models do not support the mask at all. The behaviour +of the mask is, therefore, highly dependent on the ThinkPad model. + +The driver will filter out any unmasked hotkeys, so even if the firmware +doesn't allow disabling an specific hotkey, the driver will not report +events for unmasked hotkeys. Note that unmasking some keys prevents their default behavior. For example, if Fn+F5 is unmasked, that key will no longer enable/disable -Bluetooth by itself. +Bluetooth by itself in firmware. -Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI. -For example, on the X40, the brightness, volume and "Access IBM" buttons -do not generate ACPI events even with this driver. They *can* be used -through the "ThinkPad Buttons" utility, see http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/ +Note also that not all Fn key combinations are supported through ACPI +depending on the ThinkPad model and firmware version. On those +ThinkPads, it is still possible to support some extra hotkeys by +polling the "CMOS NVRAM" at least 10 times per second. The driver +attempts to enables this functionality automatically when required. procfs notes: @@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file: echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ... - echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask + echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the recommended mask The following commands have been deprecated and will cause the kernel to log a warning: @@ -240,9 +244,13 @@ sysfs notes: Returns 0. hotkey_bios_mask: + DEPRECATED, DON'T USE, WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE. + Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored - to this value. + to this value. This is always 0x80c, because those are + the hotkeys that were supported by ancient firmware + without mask support. hotkey_enable: DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON. @@ -251,18 +259,11 @@ sysfs notes: 1: does nothing hotkey_mask: - bit mask to enable driver-handling (and depending on + bit mask to enable reporting (and depending on the firmware, ACPI event generation) for each hot key (see above). Returns the current status of the hot keys mask, and allows one to modify it. - Note: when NVRAM polling is active, the firmware mask - will be different from the value returned by - hotkey_mask. The driver will retain enabled bits for - hotkeys that are under NVRAM polling even if the - firmware refuses them, and will not set these bits on - the firmware hot key mask. - hotkey_all_mask: bit mask that should enable event reporting for all supported hot keys, when echoed to hotkey_mask above. @@ -275,7 +276,8 @@ sysfs notes: bit mask that should enable event reporting for all supported hot keys, except those which are always handled by the firmware anyway. Echo it to - hotkey_mask above, to use. + hotkey_mask above, to use. This is the default mask + used by the driver. hotkey_source_mask: bit mask that selects which hot keys will the driver @@ -283,9 +285,10 @@ sysfs notes: based on the capabilities reported by the ACPI firmware, but it can be overridden at runtime. - Hot keys whose bits are set in both hotkey_source_mask - and also on hotkey_mask are polled for in NVRAM. Only a - few hot keys are available through CMOS NVRAM polling. + Hot keys whose bits are set in hotkey_source_mask are + polled for in NVRAM, and reported as hotkey events if + enabled in hotkey_mask. Only a few hot keys are + available through CMOS NVRAM polling. Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer, @@ -521,6 +524,7 @@ compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1. 0x2305 System is waking up from suspend to eject bay 0x2404 System is waking up from hibernation to undock 0x2405 System is waking up from hibernation to eject bay +0x5010 Brightness level changed/control event The above events are never propagated by the driver. @@ -528,7 +532,6 @@ The above events are never propagated by the driver. 0x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again 0x500B Tablet pen inserted into its storage bay 0x500C Tablet pen removed from its storage bay -0x5010 Brightness level changed (newer Lenovo BIOSes) The above events are propagated by the driver. @@ -617,6 +620,8 @@ For Lenovo models *with* ACPI backlight control: 2. Do *NOT* load up ACPI video, enable the hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, and map them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN. Process these keys on userspace somehow (e.g. by calling xbacklight). + The driver will do this automatically if it detects that ACPI video + has been disabled. Bluetooth @@ -1455,3 +1460,8 @@ Sysfs interface changelog: 0x020400: Marker for 16 LEDs support. Also, LEDs that are known to not exist in a given model are not registered with the LED sysfs class anymore. + +0x020500: Updated hotkey driver, hotkey_mask is always available + and it is always able to disable hot keys. Very old + thinkpads are properly supported. hotkey_bios_mask + is deprecated and marked for removal. |