From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
To: ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com, hdegoede@redhat.com,
chumuzero@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, cs@tuxedo.de,
wse@tuxedocomputers.com, ggo@tuxedocomputers.com
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/3] Documentation: laptops: Add documentation for uniwill laptops
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:59:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250615175957.9781-4-W_Armin@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250615175957.9781-1-W_Armin@gmx.de>
Add documentation for admins regarding Uniwill laptops. This should
help users to setup the uniwill-laptop and uniwill-wmi drivers, which
sadly cannot be loaded automatically.
Reported-by: cyear <chumuzero@gmail.com>
Closes: https://github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors/issues/508
Closes: https://github.com/Wer-Wolf/uniwill-laptop/issues/3
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/index.rst | 1 +
.../admin-guide/laptops/uniwill-laptop.rst | 68 +++++++++++++++++++
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
3 files changed, 70 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/uniwill-laptop.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/index.rst
index db842b629303..6432c251dc95 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/index.rst
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ Laptop Drivers
sonypi
thinkpad-acpi
toshiba_haps
+ uniwill-laptop
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/uniwill-laptop.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/uniwill-laptop.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b977c09e747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/uniwill-laptop.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+Uniwill laptop extra features
+=============================
+
+On laptops manufactured by Uniwill (either directly or as ODM), the ``uniwill-laptop`` and
+``uniwill-wmi`` driver both handle various platform-specific features.
+However due to a design flaw in the underlying firmware interface, both drivers might need
+to be loaded manually on some devices.
+
+.. warning:: Not all devices supporting the firmware interface will necessarily support those
+ drivers, please be careful.
+
+Module Loading
+--------------
+
+The ``uniwill-laptop`` driver relies on a DMI table to automatically load on supported devices.
+When using the ``force`` module parameter, this DMI check will be omitted, allowing the driver
+to be loaded on unsupported devices for testing purposes.
+
+The ``uniwill-wmi`` driver always needs to be loaded manually. However the ``uniwill-laptop``
+driver will automatically load it as a dependency.
+
+Hotkeys
+-------
+
+Usually the FN keys work without a special driver. However as soon as the ``uniwill-laptop`` driver
+is loaded, the FN keys need to be handled manually. This is done by the ``uniwill-wmi`` driver.
+
+Keyboard settings
+-----------------
+
+The ``uniwill-laptop`` driver allows the user to enable/disable:
+
+ - the FN and super key lock functionality of the integrated keyboard
+ - the touchpad toggle functionality of the integrated touchpad
+
+See Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-uniwill-laptop for details.
+
+Hwmon interface
+---------------
+
+The ``uniwill-laptop`` driver supports reading of the CPU and GPU temperature and supports up to
+two fans. Userspace applications can access sensor readings over the hwmon sysfs interface.
+
+Platform profile
+----------------
+
+Support for changing the platform performance mode is currently not implemented.
+
+Battery Charging Control
+------------------------
+
+The ``uniwill-laptop`` driver supports controlling the battery charge limit. This happens over
+the standard ``charge_control_end_threshold`` power supply sysfs attribute. All values
+between 1 and 100 percent are supported.
+
+Additionally the driver signals the presence of battery charging issues thru the standard ``health``
+power supply sysfs attribute.
+
+Lightbar
+--------
+
+The ``uniwill-laptop`` driver exposes the lightbar found on some models as a standard multicolor
+led class device. The default name of this led class device is ``uniwill:multicolor:status``.
+
+See Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-uniwill-laptop for details on how to control the various
+animation modes of the lightbar.
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 5b12cc498d56..fa72aaf94bcb 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -25501,6 +25501,7 @@ M: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
L: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
S: Maintained
F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-uniwill-laptop
+F: Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/uniwill-laptop.rst
F: Documentation/wmi/devices/uniwill-laptop.rst
F: drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-laptop.c
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-15 18:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-15 17:59 [RFC PATCH 0/3] platform/x86: Add support for Uniwill laptop features Armin Wolf
2025-06-15 17:59 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] platform/x86: Add Uniwill WMI driver Armin Wolf
2025-06-15 18:46 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-06-15 19:05 ` ALOK TIWARI
2025-06-17 20:58 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-15 20:32 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-06-16 9:21 ` Hans de Goede
2025-06-17 21:10 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-18 7:23 ` Hans de Goede
2025-06-16 11:14 ` Werner Sembach
2025-06-15 17:59 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] platform/x86: Add Uniwill laptop driver Armin Wolf
2025-06-15 19:00 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-06-17 21:40 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-15 20:39 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-06-16 8:10 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2025-06-17 21:47 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-16 12:32 ` Werner Sembach
2025-06-17 21:50 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-18 11:15 ` Werner Sembach
2025-06-22 18:58 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-16 12:46 ` Werner Sembach
2025-06-17 21:52 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-19 9:47 ` Lee Jones
2025-06-19 12:30 ` Hans de Goede
2025-06-19 15:17 ` Lee Jones
2025-06-19 20:03 ` Hans de Goede
2025-06-22 19:19 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-22 21:37 ` Pőcze Barnabás
2025-06-22 22:36 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-25 15:59 ` Pőcze Barnabás
2025-06-27 23:09 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-30 12:32 ` Werner Sembach
2025-06-30 12:40 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-30 12:55 ` Werner Sembach
2025-06-30 13:21 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-15 17:59 ` Armin Wolf [this message]
2025-06-18 6:23 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] Documentation: laptops: Add documentation for uniwill laptops Randy Dunlap
2025-06-18 20:06 ` Armin Wolf
2025-06-16 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 0/3] platform/x86: Add support for Uniwill laptop features Werner Sembach
2025-06-17 22:02 ` Armin Wolf
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