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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst index 5fe1ade88c17..91fd6846ce17 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.rst @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ detailed description): - UWB enable and disable - LCD Shadow (PrivacyGuard) enable and disable - Lap mode sensor + - Setting keyboard language A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure @@ -1466,6 +1467,30 @@ Sysfs notes rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw": refer to Documentation/driver-api/rfkill.rst for details. + +Setting keyboard language +------------------------- + +sysfs: keyboard_lang + +This feature is used to set keyboard language to ECFW using ASL interface. +Fewer thinkpads models like T580 , T590 , T15 Gen 1 etc.. has "=", "(', +")" numeric keys, which are not displaying correctly, when keyboard language +is other than "english". This is because the default keyboard language in ECFW +is set as "english". Hence using this sysfs, user can set the correct keyboard +language to ECFW and then these key's will work correctly. + +Example of command to set keyboard language is mentioned below:: + + echo jp > /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/keyboard_lang + +Text corresponding to keyboard layout to be set in sysfs are: be(Belgian), +cz(Czech), da(Danish), de(German), en(English), es(Spain), et(Estonian), +fr(French), fr-ch(French(Switzerland)), hu(Hungarian), it(Italy), jp (Japan), +nl(Dutch), nn(Norway), pl(Polish), pt(portugese), sl(Slovenian), sv(Sweden), +tr(Turkey) + + Adaptive keyboard ----------------- |