Gentoo/Thinkpad Common
IBM Thinkpad mobile computers were always a great choice for Linux users. The BIOS and peripheral were supported due to IBM discloser of hardware specs.
Thinkpad BIOS was always compatible for suspend to ram and and suspend to disk.
Thinkpad ACPI module translated events read from NVRAM to actual ACPI events (such as dock, lid and button events). The NVRAM is a special device that can be used in order to read the state of the special Thinkpad keys. It is not event driven, so it must be pulled by the Thinkpad ACPI module.
HDAPS (Hard disk protection system) is a feature of Thinkpad that senses movements, and may use in order to park disks in order to keep them safe.
Recently also TPM chip was added, it is standard 1.2 TPM device and may be used by TPM enabled software.
Kernel
Typical Thinkpad specific configuration:
Linux Kernel Configuration: |
Power management and ACPI options ---> [*] Suspend to RAM and standby [*] Hibernation (aka 'suspend to disk') [*] Run-time PM core functionality [*] ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support ---> <M> AC Adapter <M> Battery -*- Button -*- Video <M> Fan [*] Dock <M> Processor <M> Thermal Zone CPU Frequency scaling ---> [*] CPU Frequency scaling <M> CPU frequency translation statistics [*] CPU frequency translation statistics details Default CPUFreq governor (performance) ---> -*- 'performance' governor <M> 'powersave' governor <M> 'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling <M> 'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor <M> 'conservative' cpufreq governor x86 CPU frequency scaling drivers ---> <M> ACPI Processor P-States drivers -*- CPU idle PM support [*] Cpuidle Driver for Intel Processors Device Drivers ---> Character devices ---> <M> TPM Hardware Support ---> <M> TPM Interface Specification 1.2 Interface [*] X86 Platform Specific Device Drivers ---> <M> ThinkPad ACPI Laptop Extras [*] Console audio control ALSA interface [*] Allow control of important LEDs (unsafe) [*] Video output control support [*] Support NVRAM polling for hot keys |
modules="${modules} thinkpad_acpi" modules="${modules} ac battery fan processor thermal coretemp " modules="${modules} acpi-cpufreq cpufreq-conservative cpufreq-ondemand cpufreq-powersave "
Misc
X11
To use scroll add the following:
Section "InputClass" Identifier "MyMouse" MatchProduct "TrackPoint" Option "Buttons" "3" Option "EmulateWheel" Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2" EndSection
hdaps
app-laptop/tp_smapi hdaps
Until bug 392475 resolved, add at end:
OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} -l"
KDE widget
Add HDPS widget to tray.
TPM
TODO
Maintainer
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Originally written by: Alon Bar-Lev - 2011-11-25
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