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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, rdunlap@infradead.org,
	alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org,
	lee@kernel.org, pobrn@protonmail.com, nathan@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 2/2] Documentation: laptops: Add documentation for uniwill laptops
Date: Sun,  5 Oct 2025 21:20:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251005192049.18515-3-W_Armin@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251005192049.18515-1-W_Armin@gmx.de>

Add documentation for admins regarding Uniwill laptops. This should
help them to setup the uniwill-laptop driver, 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    | 60 +++++++++++++++++++
 MAINTAINERS                                   |  1 +
 3 files changed, 62 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..a16baf15516b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/uniwill-laptop.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+Uniwill laptop extra features
+=============================
+
+On laptops manufactured by Uniwill (either directly or as ODM), the ``uniwill-laptop`` driver
+handles various platform-specific features.
+
+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.
+
+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 automatically by the driver itself.
+
+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 through 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 7b58e8d9af3c..5af58afb1a11 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -25920,6 +25920,7 @@ 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-acpi.c
 F:	drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-wmi.c
-- 
2.39.5


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-05 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-05 19:20 [PATCH v5 0/2] Add support for Uniwill laptop features Armin Wolf
2025-10-05 19:20 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] platform/x86: Add Uniwill laptop driver Armin Wolf
2025-10-30 15:31   ` Ilpo Järvinen
2025-11-02 17:23     ` Armin Wolf
2025-10-05 19:20 ` Armin Wolf [this message]
2025-10-26 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] Add support for Uniwill laptop features Armin Wolf

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