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Export sysfs attributes to monitor and control the internal thinkpad fan
(some thinkpads have more than one fan, but thinkpad-acpi doesn't support
the second fan yet).  The sysfs interface follows the hwmon design guide
for fan devices.

Also, fix some stray "thermal" files in the fan procfs description that
have been there forever, and officially support "full-speed" as the name
for the PWM-disabled state of the fan controller to keep it in line with
the hwmon interface.  It is much better a name for that mode than the
unobvious "disengaged" anyway.  Change the procfs interface to also accept
full-speed as a fan level, but still report it as disengaged for backwards
compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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157 changes: 106 additions & 51 deletions Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt
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up or down command (the level command will not unmute the volume).
The current volume level and mute state is shown in the file.

EXPERIMENTAL: fan speed, fan enable/disable -- /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
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EXPERIMENTAL: fan speed, fan enable/disable
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procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
sysfs device attributes: (hwmon) fan_input, pwm1, pwm1_enable

This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
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to work on later R, T and X series ThinkPads but may show a bogus
value on other models.

Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels". Level 0 stops the fan. The higher
the level, the higher the fan speed, although adjacent levels often map
to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest level, where the fan reaches
the maximum recommended speed. Level "auto" means the EC changes the
fan level according to some internal algorithm, usually based on
readings from the thermal sensors. Level "disengaged" means the EC
disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control, and drives the fan as
fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware limits, so use this level
with caution.
Fan levels:

The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another,
and it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
commands.
Most ThinkPad fans work in "levels" at the firmware interface. Level 0
stops the fan. The higher the level, the higher the fan speed, although
adjacent levels often map to the same fan speed. 7 is the highest
level, where the fan reaches the maximum recommended speed.

The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:
Level "auto" means the EC changes the fan level according to some
internal algorithm, usually based on readings from the thermal sensors.

echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
There is also a "full-speed" level, also known as "disengaged" level.
In this level, the EC disables the speed-locked closed-loop fan control,
and drives the fan as fast as it can go, which might exceed hardware
limits, so use this level with caution.

Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan
will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.
The fan usually ramps up or down slowly from one speed to another, and
it is normal for the EC to take several seconds to react to fan
commands. The full-speed level may take up to two minutes to ramp up to
maximum speed, and in some ThinkPads, the tachometer readings go stale
while the EC is transitioning to the full-speed level.

WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
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HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot
currently be controlled.

The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done
through thinkpad-acpi.

The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the procfs
fan commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog", or if there
are no writes to pwm1_enable (or to pwm1 *if and only if* pwm1_enable is
set to 1, manual mode) within a configurable amount of time of up to
120 seconds. This functionality is called fan safety watchdog.

Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will be
rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of the
above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is,
therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made through
means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" procfs fan
commands, or the hwmon fan control sysfs interface.

Procfs notes:

The fan may be enabled or disabled with the following commands:

echo enable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan
echo disable >/proc/acpi/ibm/fan

Placing a fan on level 0 is the same as disabling it. Enabling a fan
will try to place it in a safe level if it is too slow or disabled.

The fan level can be controlled with the command:

echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan

Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto"
or "disengaged" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the
"auto" and "disengaged" levels.
Where <level> is an integer from 0 to 7, or one of the words "auto" or
"full-speed" (without the quotes). Not all ThinkPads support the "auto"
and "full-speed" levels. The driver accepts "disengaged" as an alias for
"full-speed", and reports it as "disengaged" for backwards
compatibility.

On the X31 and X40 (and ONLY on those models), the fan speed can be
controlled to a certain degree. Once the fan is running, it can be
controlled to a certain degree. Once the fan is running, it can be
forced to run faster or slower with the following command:

echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan

The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from
about 3700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have
any effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that
range. The fan cannot be stopped or started with this command.
The sustainable range of fan speeds on the X40 appears to be from about
3700 to about 7350. Values outside this range either do not have any
effect or the fan speed eventually settles somewhere in that range. The
fan cannot be stopped or started with this command. This functionality
is incomplete, and not available through the sysfs interface.

The ThinkPad's ACPI DSDT code will reprogram the fan on its own when
certain conditions are met. It will override any fan programming done
through thinkpad-acpi.
To program the safety watchdog, use the "watchdog" command.

echo 'watchdog <interval in seconds>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan

If you want to disable the watchdog, use 0 as the interval.

Sysfs notes:

The sysfs interface follows the hwmon subsystem guidelines for the most
part, and the exception is the fan safety watchdog.

hwmon device attribute pwm1_enable:
0: PWM offline (fan is set to full-speed mode)
1: Manual PWM control (use pwm1 to set fan level)
2: Hardware PWM control (EC "auto" mode)
3: reserved (Software PWM control, not implemented yet)

Modes 0 and 2 are not supported by all ThinkPads, and the driver
is not always able to detect this. If it does know a mode is
unsupported, it will return -EINVAL.

hwmon device attribute pwm1:
Fan level, scaled from the firmware values of 0-7 to the hwmon
scale of 0-255. 0 means fan stopped, 255 means highest normal
speed (level 7).

This attribute only commands the fan if pmw1_enable is set to 1
(manual PWM control).

hwmon device attribute fan1_input:
Fan tachometer reading, in RPM. May go stale on certain
ThinkPads while the EC transitions the PWM to offline mode,
which can take up to two minutes. May return rubbish on older
ThinkPads.

driver attribute fan_watchdog:
Fan safety watchdog timer interval, in seconds. Minimum is
1 second, maximum is 120 seconds. 0 disables the watchdog.

To stop the fan: set pwm1 to zero, and pwm1_enable to 1.

To start the fan in a safe mode: set pwm1_enable to 2. If that fails
with ENOTSUP, set it to 1 and set pwm1 to at least 128 (255 would be the
safest choice, though).

The thinkpad-acpi kernel driver can be programmed to revert the fan
level to a safe setting if userspace does not issue one of the fan
commands: "enable", "disable", "level" or "watchdog" within a
configurable ammount of time. To do this, use the "watchdog" command.

echo 'watchdog <interval>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan

Interval is the ammount of time in seconds to wait for one of the
above mentioned fan commands before reseting the fan level to a safe
one. If set to zero, the watchdog is disabled (default). When the
watchdog timer runs out, it does the exact equivalent of the "enable"
fan command.

Note that the watchdog timer stops after it enables the fan. It will
be rearmed again automatically (using the same interval) when one of
the above mentioned fan commands is received. The fan watchdog is,
therefore, not suitable to protect against fan mode changes made
through means other than the "enable", "disable", and "level" fan
commands.

EXPERIMENTAL: WAN -- /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
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