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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/fan_performance_states.rst | 62 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/index.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/enumeration.rst | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/fan_performance_states.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/fan_performance_states.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..21d233ca50d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/fan_performance_states.rst @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=========================== +ACPI Fan Performance States +=========================== + +When the optional _FPS object is present under an ACPI device representing a +fan (for example, PNP0C0B or INT3404), the ACPI fan driver creates additional +"state*" attributes in the sysfs directory of the ACPI device in question. +These attributes list properties of fan performance states. + +For more information on _FPS refer to the ACPI specification at: + +http://uefi.org/specifications + +For instance, the contents of the INT3404 ACPI device sysfs directory +may look as follows:: + + $ ls -l /sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3404:00/ + total 0 +... + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state0 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state1 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state10 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state11 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state2 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state3 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state4 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state5 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state6 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state7 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state8 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 20:38 state9 + -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Dec 13 01:00 status + ... + +where each of the "state*" files represents one performance state of the fan +and contains a colon-separated list of 5 integer numbers (fields) with the +following interpretation:: + +control_percent:trip_point_index:speed_rpm:noise_level_mdb:power_mw + +* ``control_percent``: The percent value to be used to set the fan speed to a + specific level using the _FSL object (0-100). + +* ``trip_point_index``: The active cooling trip point number that corresponds + to this performance state (0-9). + +* ``speed_rpm``: Speed of the fan in rotations per minute. + +* ``noise_level_mdb``: Audible noise emitted by the fan in this state in + millidecibels. + +* ``power_mw``: Power draw of the fan in this state in milliwatts. + +For example:: + + $cat /sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3404:00/state1 + 25:0:3200:12500:1250 + +When a given field is not populated or its value provided by the platform +firmware is invalid, the "not-defined" string is shown instead of the value. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/index.rst index 4d13eeea1eca..71277689ad97 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/index.rst @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ the Linux ACPI support. dsdt-override ssdt-overlays cppc_sysfs + fan_performance_states diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/enumeration.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/enumeration.rst index 0a72b6321f5f..c13fee8b02ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/enumeration.rst +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/enumeration.rst @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ DMA support DMA controllers enumerated via ACPI should be registered in the system to provide generic access to their resources. For example, a driver that would like to be accessible to slave devices via generic API call -dma_request_slave_channel() must register itself at the end of the probe -function like this:: +dma_request_chan() must register itself at the end of the probe function like +this:: err = devm_acpi_dma_controller_register(dev, xlate_func, dw); /* Handle the error if it's not a case of !CONFIG_ACPI */ @@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ could look like:: } #endif -dma_request_slave_channel() will call xlate_func() for each registered DMA -controller. In the xlate function the proper channel must be chosen based on +dma_request_chan() will call xlate_func() for each registered DMA controller. +In the xlate function the proper channel must be chosen based on information in struct acpi_dma_spec and the properties of the controller provided by struct acpi_dma. -Clients must call dma_request_slave_channel() with the string parameter that -corresponds to a specific FixedDMA resource. By default "tx" means the first -entry of the FixedDMA resource array, "rx" means the second entry. The table -below shows a layout:: +Clients must call dma_request_chan() with the string parameter that corresponds +to a specific FixedDMA resource. By default "tx" means the first entry of the +FixedDMA resource array, "rx" means the second entry. The table below shows a +layout:: Device (I2C0) { |