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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 71 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6546115 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +What: /sys/kernel/debug/ec/*/{gpe,use_global_lock,io} +Date: July 2010 +Contact: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> +Description: + +General information like which GPE is assigned to the EC and whether +the global lock should get used. +Knowing the EC GPE one can watch the amount of HW events related to +the EC here (XY -> GPE number from /sys/kernel/debug/ec/*/gpe): +/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpeXY + +The io file is binary and a userspace tool located here: +ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/trenn/sources/ec/ +should get used to read out the 256 Embedded Controller registers +or writing to them. + +CAUTION: Do not write to the Embedded Controller if you don't know +what you are doing! Rebooting afterwards also is a good idea. +This can influence the way your machine is cooled and fans may +not get switched on again after you did a wrong write. diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index fc15538..f6f8025 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -960,70 +960,21 @@ Sysfs notes: subsystem, and follow all of the hwmon guidelines at Documentation/hwmon. +EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump +----------------------------------------------- -EXPERIMENTAL: Embedded controller register dump -- /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation -directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE -WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the -experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. - -This feature dumps the values of 256 embedded controller -registers. Values which have changed since the last time the registers -were dumped are marked with a star: - -[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump -EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f -EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00 -EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00 -EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80 -EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 *85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00 -EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 *bc *02 *bc -EC 0x60: *02 *bc *02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 *24 *26 *2c *27 *20 80 *1f 80 -EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *37 *0e 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00 -EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0xa0: *ff 09 ff 09 ff ff *64 00 *00 *00 *a2 41 *ff *ff *e0 00 -EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03 -EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a - -This feature can be used to determine the register holding the fan -speed on some models. To do that, do the following: +This feature is not included in the thinkpad driver anymore. +Instead the EC can be accessed through /sys/kernel/debug/ec with +a userspace tool which can be found here: +ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/trenn/sources/ec +Use it to determine the register holding the fan +speed on some models. To do that, do the following: - make sure the battery is fully charged - make sure the fan is running - - run 'cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump' several times, once per second or so - -The first step makes sure various charging-related values don't -vary. The second ensures that the fan-related values do vary, since -the fan speed fluctuates a bit. The third will (hopefully) mark the -fan register with a star: - -[root@x40 ibm-acpi]# cat /proc/acpi/ibm/ecdump -EC +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07 +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f -EC 0x00: a7 47 87 01 fe 96 00 08 01 00 cb 00 00 00 40 00 -EC 0x10: 00 00 ff ff f4 3c 87 09 01 ff 42 01 ff ff 0d 00 -EC 0x20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 00 00 80 -EC 0x30: 01 07 1a 00 30 04 00 00 85 00 00 10 00 50 00 00 -EC 0x40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0x50: 00 c0 02 0d 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 03 03 bc 02 bc -EC 0x60: 02 bc 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0x70: 00 00 00 00 00 12 30 40 24 27 2c 27 21 80 1f 80 -EC 0x80: 00 00 00 06 *be 0d 03 00 00 00 0e 07 00 00 00 00 -EC 0x90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0xa0: ff 09 ff 09 ff ff 64 00 00 00 a2 41 ff ff e0 00 -EC 0xb0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0xc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0xd0: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 -EC 0xe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 20 49 04 24 06 55 03 -EC 0xf0: 31 55 48 54 35 38 57 57 08 2f 45 73 07 65 6c 1a - -Another set of values that varies often is the temperature + - use above mentioned tool to read out the EC + +Often fan and temperature values vary between readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take several quick dumps to eliminate them. |