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SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later + +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +=========================== +Linux HP WMI Sensors Driver +=========================== + +:Copyright: |copy| 2023 James Seo <james@equiv.tech> + +Description +=========== + +Hewlett-Packard (and some HP Compaq) business-class computers report hardware +monitoring information via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). +This driver exposes that information to the Linux hwmon subsystem, allowing +userspace utilities like ``sensors`` to gather numeric sensor readings. + +sysfs interface +=============== + +When the driver is loaded, it discovers the sensors available on the +system and creates the following sysfs attributes as necessary within +``/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon[X]``: + +(``[X]`` is some number that depends on other system components.) + +======================= ======= =================================== +Name Perm Description +======================= ======= =================================== +``curr[X]_input`` RO Current in milliamperes (mA). +``curr[X]_label`` RO Current sensor label. +``fan[X]_input`` RO Fan speed in RPM. +``fan[X]_label`` RO Fan sensor label. +``fan[X]_fault`` RO Fan sensor fault indicator. +``fan[X]_alarm`` RO Fan sensor alarm indicator. +``in[X]_input`` RO Voltage in millivolts (mV). +``in[X]_label`` RO Voltage sensor label. +``temp[X]_input`` RO Temperature in millidegrees Celsius + (m\ |deg|\ C). +``temp[X]_label`` RO Temperature sensor label. +``temp[X]_fault`` RO Temperature sensor fault indicator. +``temp[X]_alarm`` RO Temperature sensor alarm indicator. +``intrusion[X]_alarm`` RW Chassis intrusion alarm indicator. +======================= ======= =================================== + +``fault`` attributes + Reading ``1`` instead of ``0`` as the ``fault`` attribute for a sensor + indicates that it has encountered some issue during operation such that + measurements from it should not be trusted. If a sensor with the fault + condition recovers later, reading this attribute will return ``0`` again. + +``alarm`` attributes + Reading ``1`` instead of ``0`` as the ``alarm`` attribute for a sensor + indicates that one of the following has occurred, depending on its type: + + - ``fan``: The fan has stalled or has been disconnected while running. + - ``temp``: The sensor reading has reached a critical threshold. + The exact threshold is system-dependent. + - ``intrusion``: The system's chassis has been opened. + + After ``1`` is read from an ``alarm`` attribute, the attribute resets itself + and returns ``0`` on subsequent reads. As an exception, an + ``intrusion[X]_alarm`` can only be manually reset by writing ``0`` to it. + +debugfs interface +================= + +.. warning:: The debugfs interface is subject to change without notice + and is only available when the kernel is compiled with + ``CONFIG_DEBUG_FS`` defined. + +The standard hwmon interface in sysfs exposes sensors of several common types +that are connected as of driver initialization. However, there are usually +other sensors in WMI that do not meet these criteria. In addition, a number of +system-dependent "platform events objects" used for ``alarm`` attributes may +be present. A debugfs interface is therefore provided for read-only access to +all available HP WMI sensors and platform events objects. + +``/sys/kernel/debug/hp-wmi-sensors-[X]/sensor`` +contains one numbered entry per sensor with the following attributes: + +=============================== ======================================= +Name Example +=============================== ======================================= +``name`` ``CPU0 Fan`` +``description`` ``Reports CPU0 fan speed`` +``sensor_type`` ``12`` +``other_sensor_type`` (an empty string) +``operational_status`` ``2`` +``possible_states`` ``Normal,Caution,Critical,Not Present`` +``current_state`` ``Normal`` +``base_units`` ``19`` +``unit_modifier`` ``0`` +``current_reading`` ``1008`` +``rate_units`` ``0`` (only exists on some systems) +=============================== ======================================= + +If platform events objects are available, +``/sys/kernel/debug/hp-wmi-sensors-[X]/platform_events`` +contains one numbered entry per object with the following attributes: + +=============================== ==================== +Name Example +=============================== ==================== +``name`` ``CPU0 Fan Stall`` +``description`` ``CPU0 Fan Speed`` +``source_namespace`` ``root\wmi`` +``source_class`` ``HPBIOS_BIOSEvent`` +``category`` ``3`` +``possible_severity`` ``25`` +``possible_status`` ``5`` +=============================== ==================== + +These represent the properties of the underlying ``HPBIOS_BIOSNumericSensor`` +and ``HPBIOS_PlatformEvents`` WMI objects, which vary between systems. +See [#]_ for more details and Managed Object Format (MOF) definitions. + +Known issues and limitations +============================ + +- If the existing hp-wmi driver for non-business-class HP systems is already + loaded, ``alarm`` attributes will be unavailable even on systems that + support them. This is because the same WMI event GUID used by this driver + for ``alarm`` attributes is used on those systems for e.g. laptop hotkeys. +- Dubious sensor hardware and inconsistent BIOS WMI implementations have been + observed to cause inaccurate readings and peculiar behavior, such as alarms + failing to occur or occurring only once per boot. +- Only temperature, fan speed, and intrusion sensor types have been seen in + the wild so far. Support for voltage and current sensors is therefore + provisional. +- Although HP WMI sensors may claim to be of any type, any oddball sensor + types unknown to hwmon will not be supported. + +References +========== + +.. [#] Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., + "HP Client Management Interface Technical White Paper", 2005. [Online]. + Available: https://h20331.www2.hp.com/hpsub/downloads/cmi_whitepaper.pdf |