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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/laptops')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 66 |
2 files changed, 50 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt index 2c3c3509302..0bf25eebce9 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Tips & Tricks * Drew Scott Daniels observed: "I don't know why, but when I decrease the number of colours that my display uses it consumes less battery power. I've seen this on powerbooks too. I hope that this is a piece of information that - might be useful to the Laptop Mode patch or it's users." + might be useful to the Laptop Mode patch or its users." * In syslog.conf, you can prefix entries with a dash ``-'' to omit syncing the file after every logging. When you're using laptop-mode and your disk doesn't diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 39c0a09d010..fc15538d8b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -292,13 +292,13 @@ sysfs notes: Warning: when in NVRAM mode, the volume up/down/mute keys are synthesized according to changes in the mixer, - so you have to use volume up or volume down to unmute, - as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user interface. When - in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute are reported as - separate events, but this behaviour may be corrected in - future releases of this driver, in which case the - ThinkPad volume mixer user interface semantics will be - enforced. + which uses a single volume up or volume down hotkey + press to unmute, as per the ThinkPad volume mixer user + interface. When in ACPI event mode, volume up/down/mute + events are reported by the firmware and can behave + differently (and that behaviour changes with firmware + version -- not just with firmware models -- as well as + OSI(Linux) state). hotkey_poll_freq: frequency in Hz for hot key polling. It must be between @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ sysfs notes: will cause hot key presses that require NVRAM polling to never be reported. - Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low will cause repeated + Setting hotkey_poll_freq too low may cause repeated pressings of the same hot key to be misreported as a single key press, or to not even be detected at all. The recommended polling frequency is 10Hz. @@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ ACPI Scan event code Key Notes 0x1001 0x00 FN+F1 - + 0x1002 0x01 FN+F2 IBM: battery (rare) Lenovo: Screen lock @@ -404,7 +405,8 @@ event code Key Notes this hot key, even with hot keys disabled or with Fn+F3 masked off - IBM: screen lock + IBM: screen lock, often turns + off the ThinkLight as side-effect Lenovo: battery 0x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button @@ -433,7 +435,8 @@ event code Key Notes Do you feel lucky today? 0x1008 0x07 FN+F8 IBM: toggle screen expand - Lenovo: configure UltraNav + Lenovo: configure UltraNav, + or toggle screen expand 0x1009 0x08 FN+F9 - .. .. .. @@ -444,7 +447,7 @@ event code Key Notes either through the ACPI event, or through a hotkey event. The firmware may refuse to - generate further FN+F4 key + generate further FN+F12 key press events until a S3 or S4 ACPI sleep cycle is performed, or some time passes. @@ -512,15 +515,19 @@ events for switches: SW_RFKILL_ALL T60 and later hardware rfkill rocker switch SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A -Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map: +Non hotkey ACPI HKEY event map: +------------------------------- + +Events that are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy +compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1: + 0x5001 Lid closed 0x5002 Lid opened 0x5009 Tablet swivel: switched to tablet mode 0x500A Tablet swivel: switched to normal mode 0x7000 Radio Switch may have changed state -The above events are not propagated by the driver, except for legacy -compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1. +Events that are never propagated by the driver: 0x2304 System is waking up from suspend to undock 0x2305 System is waking up from suspend to eject bay @@ -528,14 +535,39 @@ compatibility purposes when hotkey_report_mode is set to 1. 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. +Events that are propagated by the driver to userspace: +0x2313 ALARM: System is waking up from suspend because + the battery is nearly empty +0x2413 ALARM: System is waking up from hibernation because + the battery is nearly empty 0x3003 Bay ejection (see 0x2x05) complete, can sleep again +0x3006 Bay hotplug request (hint to power up SATA link when + the optical drive tray is ejected) 0x4003 Undocked (see 0x2x04), can sleep again 0x500B Tablet pen inserted into its storage bay 0x500C Tablet pen removed from its storage bay - -The above events are propagated by the driver. +0x6011 ALARM: battery is too hot +0x6012 ALARM: battery is extremely hot +0x6021 ALARM: a sensor is too hot +0x6022 ALARM: a sensor is extremely hot +0x6030 System thermal table changed + +Battery nearly empty alarms are a last resort attempt to get the +operating system to hibernate or shutdown cleanly (0x2313), or shutdown +cleanly (0x2413) before power is lost. They must be acted upon, as the +wake up caused by the firmware will have negated most safety nets... + +When any of the "too hot" alarms happen, according to Lenovo the user +should suspend or hibernate the laptop (and in the case of battery +alarms, unplug the AC adapter) to let it cool down. These alarms do +signal that something is wrong, they should never happen on normal +operating conditions. + +The "extremely hot" alarms are emergencies. According to Lenovo, the +operating system is to force either an immediate suspend or hibernate +cycle, or a system shutdown. Obviously, something is very wrong if this +happens. Compatibility notes: |