On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Thomas Renninger wrote: > There is a general interface for that now (provided by > other patches in this patch series): > /sys/kernel/debug/ec/*/io > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx> > > CC: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@xxxxxxx> > CC: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> > CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx> > CC: ibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Acked-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx> Thank you for adding the doc updates, Thomas. > --- > Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 71 +++++------------------------- > drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 73 ------------------------------- > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-) > > 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. > > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c > index 4bdb137..5d6119b 100644 > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c > @@ -5838,75 +5838,6 @@ static struct ibm_struct thermal_driver_data = { > }; > > /************************************************************************* > - * EC Dump subdriver > - */ > - > -static u8 ecdump_regs[256]; > - > -static int ecdump_read(struct seq_file *m) > -{ > - int i, j; > - u8 v; > - > - seq_printf(m, "EC " > - " +00 +01 +02 +03 +04 +05 +06 +07" > - " +08 +09 +0a +0b +0c +0d +0e +0f\n"); > - for (i = 0; i < 256; i += 16) { > - seq_printf(m, "EC 0x%02x:", i); > - for (j = 0; j < 16; j++) { > - if (!acpi_ec_read(i + j, &v)) > - break; > - if (v != ecdump_regs[i + j]) > - seq_printf(m, " *%02x", v); > - else > - seq_printf(m, " %02x", v); > - ecdump_regs[i + j] = v; > - } > - seq_putc(m, '\n'); > - if (j != 16) > - break; > - } > - > - /* These are way too dangerous to advertise openly... */ > -#if 0 > - seq_printf(m, "commands:\t0x<offset> 0x<value>" > - " (<offset> is 00-ff, <value> is 00-ff)\n"); > - seq_printf(m, "commands:\t0x<offset> <value> " > - " (<offset> is 00-ff, <value> is 0-255)\n"); > -#endif > - return 0; > -} > - > -static int ecdump_write(char *buf) > -{ > - char *cmd; > - int i, v; > - > - while ((cmd = next_cmd(&buf))) { > - if (sscanf(cmd, "0x%x 0x%x", &i, &v) == 2) { > - /* i and v set */ > - } else if (sscanf(cmd, "0x%x %u", &i, &v) == 2) { > - /* i and v set */ > - } else > - return -EINVAL; > - if (i >= 0 && i < 256 && v >= 0 && v < 256) { > - if (!acpi_ec_write(i, v)) > - return -EIO; > - } else > - return -EINVAL; > - } > - > - return 0; > -} > - > -static struct ibm_struct ecdump_driver_data = { > - .name = "ecdump", > - .read = ecdump_read, > - .write = ecdump_write, > - .flags.experimental = 1, > -}; > - > -/************************************************************************* > * Backlight/brightness subdriver > */ > > @@ -8883,9 +8814,6 @@ static struct ibm_init_struct ibms_init[] __initdata = { > .data = &thermal_driver_data, > }, > { > - .data = &ecdump_driver_data, > - }, > - { > .init = brightness_init, > .data = &brightness_driver_data, > }, > @@ -8993,7 +8921,6 @@ TPACPI_PARAM(light); > TPACPI_PARAM(cmos); > TPACPI_PARAM(led); > TPACPI_PARAM(beep); > -TPACPI_PARAM(ecdump); > TPACPI_PARAM(brightness); > TPACPI_PARAM(volume); > TPACPI_PARAM(fan); -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. 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