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Documentation: ACPI: move acpi-lid.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and adds it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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.. include:: <isonum.txt>
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Special Usage Model of the ACPI Control Method Lid Device
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=========================================================
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Copyright (C) 2016, Intel Corporation
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Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
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:Copyright: |copy| 2016, Intel Corporation
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:Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
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Abstract:
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Platforms containing lids convey lid state (open/close) to OSPMs using a
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control method lid device. To implement this, the AML tables issue
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Abstract
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========
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Platforms containing lids convey lid state (open/close) to OSPMs
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using a control method lid device. To implement this, the AML tables issue
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Notify(lid_device, 0x80) to notify the OSPMs whenever the lid state has
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changed. The _LID control method for the lid device must be implemented to
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report the "current" state of the lid as either "opened" or "closed".
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@ -19,7 +24,8 @@ taken into account. This document describes the restrictions and the
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expections of the Linux ACPI lid device driver.
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1. Restrictions of the returning value of the _LID control method
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Restrictions of the returning value of the _LID control method
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==============================================================
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The _LID control method is described to return the "current" lid state.
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However the word of "current" has ambiguity, some buggy AML tables return
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with cached value, the initial returning value is likely not reliable.
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There are platforms always retun "closed" as initial lid state.
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2. Restrictions of the lid state change notifications
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Restrictions of the lid state change notifications
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==================================================
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There are buggy AML tables never notifying when the lid device state is
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changed to "opened". Thus the "opened" notification is not guaranteed. But
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@ -39,18 +46,22 @@ state is changed to "closed". The "closed" notification is normally used to
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trigger some system power saving operations on Windows. Since it is fully
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tested, it is reliable from all AML tables.
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3. Expections for the userspace users of the ACPI lid device driver
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Expections for the userspace users of the ACPI lid device driver
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================================================================
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The ACPI button driver exports the lid state to the userspace via the
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following file:
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following file::
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/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state
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This file actually calls the _LID control method described above. And given
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the previous explanation, it is not reliable enough on some platforms. So
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it is advised for the userspace program to not to solely rely on this file
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to determine the actual lid state.
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The ACPI button driver emits the following input event to the userspace:
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SW_LID
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* SW_LID
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The ACPI lid device driver is implemented to try to deliver the platform
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triggered events to the userspace. However, given the fact that the buggy
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firmware cannot make sure "opened"/"closed" events are paired, the ACPI
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If the userspace hasn't been prepared to ignore the unreliable "opened"
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events and the unreliable initial state notification, Linux users can use
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the following kernel parameters to handle the possible issues:
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A. button.lid_init_state=method:
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When this option is specified, the ACPI button driver reports the
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initial lid state using the returning value of the _LID control method
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and whether the "opened"/"closed" events are paired fully relies on the
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firmware implementation.
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This option can be used to fix some platforms where the returning value
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of the _LID control method is reliable but the initial lid state
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notification is missing.
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This option is the default behavior during the period the userspace
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isn't ready to handle the buggy AML tables.
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B. button.lid_init_state=open:
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When this option is specified, the ACPI button driver always reports the
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initial lid state as "opened" and whether the "opened"/"closed" events
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are paired fully relies on the firmware implementation.
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This may fix some platforms where the returning value of the _LID
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control method is not reliable and the initial lid state notification is
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missing.
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If the userspace has been prepared to ignore the unreliable "opened" events
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and the unreliable initial state notification, Linux users should always
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use the following kernel parameter:
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C. button.lid_init_state=ignore:
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When this option is specified, the ACPI button driver never reports the
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initial lid state and there is a compensation mechanism implemented to
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notifications can be delivered to the userspace when the lid is actually
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opens given that some AML tables do not send "opened" notifications
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reliably.
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In this mode, if everything is correctly implemented by the platform
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firmware, the old userspace programs should still work. Otherwise, the
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new userspace programs are required to work with the ACPI button driver.
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DSD-properties-rules
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gpio-properties
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i2c-muxes
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acpi-lid
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