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authorNitin Joshi <nitjoshi@gmail.com>2026-01-07 02:45:18 +0900
committerIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>2026-01-15 11:07:35 +0200
commit28c43bddd0fa8999533feba8be9dc0583eaed281 (patch)
treeddc64a27e0f8ec20640a276aebc0e5f536101919 /Documentation/admin-guide
parentceeb5c9835696065323cc4c2ab48b1a7a46d8269 (diff)
platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Add support to detect hardware damage detection capability.
Thinkpads are adding the ability to detect and report hardware damage status. Add new sysfs interface to identify whether hardware damage is detected or not. Initial support is available for the USB-C replaceable connector. Reviewed-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca> Signed-off-by: Nitin Joshi <nitjoshi@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260106174519.6402-1-nitjoshi@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
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@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ detailed description):
- Setting keyboard language
- WWAN Antenna type
- Auxmac
+ - Hardware damage detection capability
A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
@@ -1576,6 +1577,27 @@ percentage level, above which charging will stop.
The exact semantics of the attributes may be found in
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-power.
+Hardware damage detection capability
+------------------------------------
+
+sysfs attributes: hwdd_status
+
+Thinkpads are adding the ability to detect and report hardware damage.
+Add new sysfs interface to identify the damaged device status.
+Initial support is available for the USB-C replaceable connector.
+
+The command to check device damaged status is::
+
+ cat /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hwdd_status
+
+This value displays status of device damaged.
+
+- 0 = Not Damaged
+- 1 = Damaged
+
+The property is read-only. If feature is not supported then sysfs
+attribute is not created.
+
Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
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