ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
- Version 0.14
- April 21st, 2007
+ Version 0.15
+ July 1st, 2007
Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net>
- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
- http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
+ Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
+ http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/
This is a Linux driver for the IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. It
as a driver attribute (see below).
Sysfs driver attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
-for 2.6.20 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad-acpi/.
+for 2.6.20 this is /sys/bus/platform/drivers/thinkpad_acpi/.
Sysfs device attributes are on the driver's sysfs attribute space,
-for 2.6.20 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad-acpi/.
+for 2.6.20 this is /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/.
Driver version
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procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal
sysfs device attributes: (hwmon) temp*_input
-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.
-
-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.
+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 up to sixteen different sensors on newer ThinkPads.
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:
+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