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| author | Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> | 2010-10-12 15:09:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> | 2010-10-12 15:09:06 +0200 |
| commit | 239060b93bb30a4ad55f1ecaa512464a035cc5ba (patch) | |
| tree | 77f79810e57d4fc24356eca0cd6db463e8994128 /Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec | |
| parent | 1408b15b98635a13bad2e2a50b3c2ae2ccdf625b (diff) | |
| parent | e9203c988234aa512bd45ca32b52e21c7bbfc414 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'kbuild/rc-fixes' into kbuild/kconfig
We need to revert the temporary hack in 71ebc01, hence the merge.
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6546115 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ec @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +What: /sys/kernel/debug/ec/*/{gpe,use_global_lock,io} +Date: July 2010 +Contact: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> +Description: + +General information like which GPE is assigned to the EC and whether +the global lock should get used. +Knowing the EC GPE one can watch the amount of HW events related to +the EC here (XY -> GPE number from /sys/kernel/debug/ec/*/gpe): +/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpeXY + +The io file is binary and a userspace tool located here: +ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/trenn/sources/ec/ +should get used to read out the 256 Embedded Controller registers +or writing to them. + +CAUTION: Do not write to the Embedded Controller if you don't know +what you are doing! Rebooting afterwards also is a good idea. +This can influence the way your machine is cooled and fans may +not get switched on again after you did a wrong write. |
