IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
- Version 0.8
- 8 November 2004
+ Version 0.12
+ 17 August 2005
Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
-This is a Linux ACPI driver for the IBM ThinkPad laptops. It aims to
-support various features of these laptops which are accessible through
-the ACPI framework but not otherwise supported by the generic Linux
-ACPI drivers.
+This is a Linux ACPI driver for the IBM ThinkPad laptops. It supports
+various features of these laptops which are accessible through the
+ACPI framework but not otherwise supported by the generic Linux ACPI
+drivers.
Status
- ThinkLight on and off
- limited docking and undocking
- UltraBay eject
- - Experimental: CMOS control
- - Experimental: LED control
- - Experimental: ACPI sounds
+ - CMOS control
+ - LED control
+ - ACPI sounds
+ - temperature sensors
+ - Experimental: embedded controller register dump
+ - LCD brightness control
+ - Volume control
+ - Experimental: fan speed, fan enable/disable
+ - Experimental: WAN enable and disable
A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
sources, simply enable the CONFIG_ACPI_IBM option (Power Management /
-ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras). The rest of this section describes
-how to install this driver when downloaded from the web site.
-
-First, you need to get a kernel with ACPI support up and running.
-Please refer to http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ for help with this
-step. How successful you will be depends a lot on you ThinkPad model,
-the kernel you are using and any additional patches applied. The
-kernel provided with your distribution may not be good enough. I
-needed to compile a 2.6.7 kernel with the 20040715 ACPI patch to get
-ACPI working reliably on my ThinkPad X40. Old ThinkPad models may not
-be supported at all.
-
-Assuming you have the basic ACPI support working (e.g. you can see the
-/proc/acpi directory), follow the following steps to install this
-driver:
-
- - unpack the archive:
-
- tar xzvf ibm-acpi-x.y.tar.gz; cd ibm-acpi-x.y
-
- - compile the driver:
-
- make
-
- - install the module in your kernel modules directory:
-
- make install
-
- - load the module:
-
- modprobe ibm_acpi
-
-After loading the module, check the "dmesg" output for any error messages.
-
+ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras).
Features
--------
commands supported by the various features is guaranteed to change
frequently.
-Driver Version -- /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
---------------------------------------
+Driver version -- /proc/acpi/ibm/driver
+---------------------------------------
The driver name and version. No commands can be written to this file.
-Hot Keys -- /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
+Hot keys -- /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
---------------------------------
Without this driver, only the Fn-F4 key (sleep button) generates an
the flickering or video corruption can be avoided.
The video_switch command cycles through the available video outputs
-(it sumulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
+(it simulates the behavior of Fn-F7).
Video expansion can be toggled through this feature. This controls
whether the display is expanded to fill the entire LCD screen when a
features of this driver, as it uses the same ACPI methods as
Fn-F7. Video switching on the console should still work.
+UPDATE: There's now a patch for the X.org Radeon driver which
+addresses this issue. Some people are reporting success with the patch
+while others are still having problems. For more information:
+
+https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000
+
ThinkLight control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/light
------------------------------------------
echo on > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
echo off > /proc/acpi/ibm/light
-Docking / Undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
+Docking / undocking -- /proc/acpi/ibm/dock
------------------------------------------
Docking and undocking (e.g. with the X4 UltraBase) requires some
when originally booted. This is due to the current lack of support for
hot plugging of devices in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was
booted while not in the dock, the following message is shown in the
-logs: "ibm_acpi: dock device not present". No dock-related events are
-generated but the dock and undock commands described below still
-work. They can be executed manually or triggered by Fn key
-combinations (see the example acpid configuration files included in
-the driver tarball package available on the web site).
+logs:
+
+ Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: ibm_acpi: dock device not present
+
+In this case, no dock-related events are generated but the dock and
+undock commands described below still work. They can be executed
+manually or triggered by Fn key combinations (see the example acpid
+configuration files included in the driver tarball package available
+on the web site).
When the eject request button on the dock is pressed, the first event
above is generated. The handler for this event should issue the
UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the
latter don't need any ACPI support, actually).
-UltraBay Eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
+UltraBay eject -- /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
------------------------------------
Inserting or ejecting an UltraBay device requires some actions to be
is in the dock, so it may not be present if the laptop was undocked).
This is due to the current lack of support for hot plugging of devices
in the Linux ACPI framework. If the laptop was booted without the
-UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs: "ibm_acpi: bay
-device not present". No bay-related events are generated but the eject
+UltraBay, the following message is shown in the logs:
+
+ Mar 17 01:42:34 aero kernel: ibm_acpi: bay device not present
+
+In this case, no bay-related events are generated but the eject
command described below still works. It can be executed manually or
triggered by a hot key combination.
The contents of the /proc/acpi/ibm/bay file shows the current status
of the UltraBay, as provided by the ACPI framework.
-Experimental Features
----------------------
+EXPERIMENTAL warm eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x (To use
+this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when
+loading the module):
+
+These models do not have a button near the UltraBay device to request
+a hot eject but rather require the laptop to be put to sleep
+(suspend-to-ram) before the bay device is ejected or inserted).
+The sequence of steps to eject the device is as follows:
+
+ echo eject > /proc/acpi/ibm/bay
+ put the ThinkPad to sleep
+ remove the drive
+ resume from sleep
+ cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bay should show that the drive was removed
+
+On the A3x, both the UltraBay 2000 and UltraBay Plus devices are
+supported. Use "eject2" instead of "eject" for the second bay.
-The following features are marked experimental because using them
-involves guessing the correct values of some parameters. Guessing
-incorrectly may have undesirable effects like crashing your
-ThinkPad. USE THESE WITH CAUTION! To activate them, you'll need to
-supply the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
+Note: the UltraBay eject support on the 600e/x, A22p and A3x is
+EXPERIMENTAL and may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION!
-Experimental: CMOS control - /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
-------------------------------------------------
+CMOS control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
+-----------------------------------
This feature is used internally by the ACPI firmware to control the
-ThinkLight on most newer ThinkPad models. It appears that it can also
-control LCD brightness, sounds volume and more, but only on some
-models.
+ThinkLight on most newer ThinkPad models. It may also control LCD
+brightness, sounds volume and more, but only on some models.
The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
echo 2 >/proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
...
-The range of numbers which are used internally by various models is 0
-to 21, but it's possible that numbers outside this range have
-interesting behavior. Here is the behavior on the X40 (tpb is the
-ThinkPad Buttons utility):
+The range of valid numbers is 0 to 21, but not all have an effect and
+the behavior varies from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
+X40 (tpb is the ThinkPad Buttons utility):
0 - no effect but tpb reports "Volume down"
1 - no effect but tpb reports "Volume up"
13 - ThinkLight off
14 - no effect but tpb reports ThinkLight status change
-If you try this feature, please send me a report similar to the
-above. On models which allow control of LCD brightness or sound
-volume, I'd like to provide this functionality in an user-friendly
-way, but first I need a way to identify the models which this is
-possible.
-
-Experimental: LED control - /proc/acpi/ibm/LED
-----------------------------------------------
+LED control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/led
+---------------------------------
Some of the LED indicators can be controlled through this feature. The
available commands are:
- echo <led number> on >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
- echo <led number> off >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
- echo <led number> blink >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
+ echo '<led number> on' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
+ echo '<led number> off' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
+ echo '<led number> blink' >/proc/acpi/ibm/led
-The <led number> parameter is a non-negative integer. The range of LED
-numbers used internally by various models is 0 to 7 but it's possible
-that numbers outside this range are also valid. Here is the mapping on
-the X40:
+The <led number> range is 0 to 7. The set of LEDs that can be
+controlled varies from model to model. Here is the mapping on the X40:
0 - power
1 - battery (orange)
All of the above can be turned on and off and can be made to blink.
-If you try this feature, please send me a report similar to the
-above. I'd like to provide this functionality in an user-friendly way,
-but first I need to identify the which numbers correspond to which
-LEDs on various models.
-
-Experimental: ACPI sounds - /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
------------------------------------------------
+ACPI sounds -- /proc/acpi/ibm/beep
+----------------------------------
The BEEP method is used internally by the ACPI firmware to provide
-audible alerts in various situtation. This feature allows the same
+audible alerts in various situations. This feature allows the same
sounds to be triggered manually.
The commands are non-negative integer numbers:
- echo 0 >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
- echo 1 >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
- echo 2 >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
- ...
+ echo <number> >/proc/acpi/ibm/beep
-The range of numbers which are used internally by various models is 0
-to 17, but it's possible that numbers outside this range are also
-valid. Here is the behavior on the X40:
+The valid <number> range is 0 to 17. Not all numbers trigger sounds
+and the sounds vary from model to model. Here is the behavior on the
+X40:
- 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep
+ 0 - stop a sound in progress (but use 17 to stop 16)
+ 2 - two beeps, pause, third beep ("low battery")
3 - single beep
- 4 - "unable"
+ 4 - high, followed by low-pitched beep ("unable")
5 - single beep
- 6 - "AC/DC"
+ 6 - very high, followed by high-pitched beep ("AC/DC")
7 - high-pitched beep
9 - three short beeps
10 - very long beep
12 - low-pitched beep
+ 15 - three high-pitched beeps repeating constantly, stop with 0
+ 16 - one medium-pitched beep repeating constantly, stop with 17
+ 17 - stop 16
+
+Temperature sensors -- /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Most ThinkPads include six or more separate temperature sensors but
+only expose the CPU temperature through the standard ACPI methods.
+This feature shows readings from up to eight different sensors on older
+ThinkPads, and it has experimental support for up to sixteen different
+sensors on newer ThinkPads. Readings from sensors that are not available
+return -128.
+
+No commands can be written to this file.
+
+EXPERIMENTAL: The 16-sensors 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. When EXPERIMENTAL
+mode is enabled, reading the first 8 sensors on newer ThinkPads will
+also use an new experimental thermal sensor access mode.
+
+For example, on the X40, a typical output may be:
+temperatures: 42 42 45 41 36 -128 33 -128
+
+EXPERIMENTAL: On the T43/p, a typical output may be:
+temperatures: 48 48 36 52 38 -128 31 -128 48 52 48 -128 -128 -128 -128 -128
+
+The mapping of thermal sensors to physical locations varies depending on
+system-board model (and thus, on ThinkPad model).
+
+http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors is a public wiki page that
+tries to track down these locations for various models.
+
+Most (newer?) models seem to follow this pattern:
+
+1: CPU
+2: (depends on model)
+3: (depends on model)
+4: GPU
+5: Main battery: main sensor
+6: Bay battery: main sensor
+7: Main battery: secondary sensor
+8: Bay battery: secondary sensor
+9-15: (depends on model)
+
+For the R51 (source: Thomas Gruber):
+2: Mini-PCI
+3: Internal HDD
+
+For the T43, T43/p (source: Shmidoax/Thinkwiki.org)
+http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_T43.2C_T43p
+2: System board, left side (near PCMCIA slot), reported as HDAPS temp
+3: PCMCIA slot
+9: MCH (northbridge) to DRAM Bus
+10: ICH (southbridge), under Mini-PCI card, under touchpad
+11: Power regulator, underside of system board, below F2 key
+
+The A31 has a very atypical layout for the thermal sensors
+(source: Milos Popovic, http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_Sensors#ThinkPad_A31)
+1: CPU
+2: Main Battery: main sensor
+3: Power Converter
+4: Bay Battery: main sensor
+5: MCH (northbridge)
+6: PCMCIA/ambient
+7: Main Battery: secondary sensor
+8: Bay Battery: secondary sensor
+
+
+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:
+
+ - 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
+readings. Since temperatures don't change vary fast, you can take
+several quick dumps to eliminate them.
+
+You can use a similar method to figure out the meaning of other
+embedded controller registers - e.g. make sure nothing else changes
+except the charging or discharging battery to determine which
+registers contain the current battery capacity, etc. If you experiment
+with this, do send me your results (including some complete dumps with
+a description of the conditions when they were taken.)
+
+LCD brightness control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+This feature allows software control of the LCD brightness on ThinkPad
+models which don't have a hardware brightness slider. The available
+commands are:
+
+ echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
+ echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
+ echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/brightness
+
+The <level> number range is 0 to 7, although not all of them may be
+distinct. The current brightness level is shown in the file.
+
+Volume control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/volume
+---------------------------------------
+
+This feature allows volume control on ThinkPad models which don't have
+a hardware volume knob. The available commands are:
+
+ echo up >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
+ echo down >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
+ echo mute >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
+ echo 'level <level>' >/proc/acpi/ibm/volume
+
+The <level> number range is 0 to 15 although not all of them may be
+distinct. The unmute the volume after the mute command, use either the
+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
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+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 attempts to show the current fan speed, control mode and
+other fan data that might be available. The speed is read directly
+from the hardware registers of the embedded controller. This is known
+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.
+
+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 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.
+
+WARNING WARNING WARNING: do not leave the fan disabled unless you are
+monitoring all of the temperature sensor readings and you are ready to
+enable it if necessary to avoid overheating.
+
+An enabled fan in level "auto" may stop spinning if the EC decides the
+ThinkPad is cool enough and doesn't need the extra airflow. This is
+normal, and the EC will spin the fan up if the varios thermal readings
+rise too much.
+
+On the X40, this seems to depend on the CPU and HDD temperatures.
+Specifically, the fan is turned on when either the CPU temperature
+climbs to 56 degrees or the HDD temperature climbs to 46 degrees. The
+fan is turned off when the CPU temperature drops to 49 degrees and the
+HDD temperature drops to 41 degrees. These thresholds cannot
+currently be controlled.
+
+The fan level can be controlled with the command:
+
+ echo 'level <level>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
-(I've only been able to identify a couple of them).
+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.
-If you try this feature, please send me a report similar to the
-above. I'd like to provide this functionality in an user-friendly way,
-but first I need to identify the which numbers correspond to which
-sounds on various models.
+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
+forced to run faster or slower with the following command:
+ echo 'speed <speed>' > /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
-Multiple Command, Module Parameters
------------------------------------
+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 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 ibm-acpi.
+
+EXPERIMENTAL: WAN -- /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
+---------------------------------------
+
+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 shows the presence and current state of a WAN (Sierra
+Wireless EV-DO) device. If WAN is installed, the following commands can
+be used:
+
+ echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
+ echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
+
+It was tested on a Lenovo Thinkpad X60. It should probably work on other
+Thinkpad models which come with this module installed.
+
+Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
+------------------------------------
Multiple commands can be written to the proc files in one shot by
separating them with commas, for example:
modprobe ibm_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff video=auto_disable
+The ibm-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.
+
Example Configuration
---------------------
/usr/local/sbin/laptop_mode -- from the Linux kernel source
distribution, see Documentation/laptop-mode.txt
/sbin/service -- comes with Redhat/Fedora distributions
+ /usr/sbin/hibernate -- from the Software Suspend 2 distribution,
+ see http://softwaresuspend.berlios.de/
-Toan T Nguyen <ntt@control.uchicago.edu> has written a SuSE powersave
-script for the X20, included in config/usr/sbin/ibm_hotkeys_X20
+Toan T Nguyen <ntt@physics.ucla.edu> notes that Suse uses the
+powersave program to suspend ('powersave --suspend-to-ram') or
+hibernate ('powersave --suspend-to-disk'). This means that the
+hibernate script is not needed on that distribution.
Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gentoo.org> has written a Gentoo ACPI event
handler script for the X31. You can get the latest version from
http://dev.gentoo.org/~brix/files/x31.sh
David Schweikert <dws@ee.eth.ch> has written an alternative blank.sh
-script which works on Debian systems, included in
-configs/etc/acpi/actions/blank-debian.sh
-
-
-TODO
-----
-
-I'd like to implement the following features but haven't yet found the
-time and/or I don't yet know how to implement them:
-
-- UltraBay floppy drive support
-
+script which works on Debian systems. This scripts has now been
+extended to also work on Fedora systems and included as the default
+blank.sh in the distribution.
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