linux/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-intel-wmi-thunderbolt
Mario Limonciello ce6a90027c platform/x86: Add driver to force WMI Thunderbolt controller power status
Current implementations of Intel Thunderbolt controllers will go
into a low power mode when not in use.

Many machines containing these controllers also have a GPIO wired up
that can force the controller awake.  This is offered via a ACPI-WMI
interface intended to be manipulated by a userspace utility.

This mechanism is provided by Intel to OEMs to include in BIOS.
It uses an industry wide GUID that is populated in a separate _WDG
entry with no binary MOF.

This interface allows software such as fwupd to wake up thunderbolt
controllers to query the firmware version or flash new firmware.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@dell.com>
Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yehezkel Bernat <yehezkel.bernat@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Darren Hart (VMware) <dvhart@infradead.org>
[andy fixed merge conflicts and bump kernel version for ABI]
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
2017-09-20 16:07:22 +03:00

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What: /sys/devices/platform/<platform>/force_power
Date: September 2017
KernelVersion: 4.15
Contact: "Mario Limonciello" <mario.limonciello@dell.com>
Description:
Modify the platform force power state, influencing
Thunderbolt controllers to turn on or off when no
devices are connected (write-only)
There are two available states:
* 0 -> Force power disabled
* 1 -> Force power enabled