Platform driver for AYN x86 handhelds

This driver provides a hwmon interface for PWM control, as well as access to temperature sensors provided by the system EC

Supported devices include:

AYN Loki Max

Build

If you only want to build and test the module (you need headers for your kernel):

$ git clone https://github.com/ShadowBlip/ayn-platform.git
$ cd ayn-platform
$ make

Then insert the module and check sensors and dmesg if appropriate:

# insmod ayn-platform.ko
$ sensors
aynec-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
fan1:        3007 RPM
Battery:      +29.0°C
Motherboard:  +41.0°C
Charger IC:   +38.0°C
vCore:        +48.0°C
CPU Core:     +48.0°C

Install

You'll need appropriate headers for your kernel and dkms package from your distribution.

$ git clone https://github.com/ShadowBlip/ayn-platform.git
$ cd ayn-platform
$ make
# make dkms

Usage

Insert the module with insmod. Then look for a hwmon device with name aynec, i.e.:

$ cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon?/name

Reading fan RPM

sensors will show the fan RPM as read from the EC. You can also read the file fan1_input to get the fan RPM.

Fan Control

Warning: controlling the fan without an accurate reading of the CPU, GPU, and Battery temperature can cause irreversible damage to the device. Use at your own risk!

Automatic Control

This will use the BIOS default fan curve and is the default setting of the EC.

To enable automatic control of the fan (assuming hwmon5 is our driver, look for aynec in the name file):

# echo 0 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1_mode

Manual Control

This mode is useful to explicitly set a fan speed, or with the use of userspace tools that adjust fan speed using a custom fan curve defined in software.

To enable manual control of the fan (assuming hwmon5 is our driver, look for aynec in the name file):

# echo 1 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1_mode

Then input values in the range [0-255] to the pwm:

# echo 100 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1

User Defined Control

This mode allows the user to override the default BIOS fan curve with a user defined fan curve. There are 5 set point pairs for temperature and fan speed. The temperature value is a cutoff for that set point, any CPU temperature below that point and above the lower set point will run at that set points fan speed. Temperature is in degrees Celsius.

To enable user defined control of the fan (assuming hwmon5 is our driver, look for aynec in the name file):

# echo 2 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1_mode

Set an input value in the range [0-255] to the pwm:

# echo 100 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1_auto_point1_pwm

Set an input value in the range [0-100] to the temp:

# echo 50 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon5/pwm1_auto_point1_temp

RGB Control

RGB control is available using the character files found in the following location: /sys/class/leds/multicolor:chassis/ . Writing to the files within this directory can be done using the pattern echo <value> | sudo tee <path>

Mode Setting

There are two modes available, Rainbow Breathing is represented by the value 0 and Manual is represented by the value 1. When in Rainbow Breathing mode, brightness and color intensity changes are ignored. You must be in Manual mode to adjust the color or brightness of the LED's.

To change modes: echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/multicolor:chassis/device/led_mode

Identifying and Setting Color Values

You can read the brightness, multi_index, and multi_intensity from their respective files in /sys/class/leds/multicolor:chassis/ . Each do the following: brightness: The current average luminosity of all three colors in the range [0-255]. Setting this to 0 will turn off the LED's while setting it to 255 represents the maximum luminosity of the selected multi_intensity range. multi_index: Displays the order of the colors when setting multi_intensity. Set to red green blue. multi_intensity: The current intensity of each individual color [0-255] where 0 is off and 255 is most luminous. The value is dispalyed and set with three numbers separated by a single space. Each of these values is multiplied by the current brightness and divided by the maximum brightness when setting the true value. A setting of 0 0 0 is off and 255 255 255 represents all colors at maximum intensity.