Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-dell-privacy-wmi

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What:		/sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919[-X]/dell_privacy_supported_type
Date:		Apr 2021
KernelVersion:	5.13
Contact:	"<perry.yuan@dell.com>"
Description:
		Display which dell hardware level privacy devices are supported
		“Dell Privacy” is a set of HW, FW, and SW features to enhance
		Dell’s commitment to platform privacy for MIC, Camera, and
		ePrivacy screens.
		The supported hardware privacy devices are:

		Attributes:
			Microphone Mute:
				Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications
				is available to capture system mic sound

			Camera Shutter:
				Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical
				shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images
				from outside the laptop

		Values:

			supported:
				The privacy device is supported by this system

			unsupported:
				The privacy device is not supported on this system

		For example to check which privacy devices are supported::

		    # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919*/dell_privacy_supported_type
		    [Microphone Mute] [supported]
		    [Camera Shutter] [supported]
		    [ePrivacy Screen] [unsupported]

What:		/sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919[-X]/dell_privacy_current_state
Date:		Apr 2021
KernelVersion:	5.13
Contact:	"<perry.yuan@dell.com>"
Description:
		Allow user space to check current dell privacy device state.
		Describes the Device State class exposed by BIOS which can be
		consumed by various applications interested in knowing the Privacy
		feature capabilities

		Attributes:
			Microphone:
				Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications
				is available to capture system mic sound

			Camera Shutter:
				Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical
				shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images
				from outside the laptop

		Values:
			muted:
				Identifies the privacy device is turned off
				and cannot send stream to OS applications

			unmuted:
				Identifies the privacy device is turned on,
				audio or camera driver can get stream from mic
				and camera module to OS applications

		For example to check all supported current privacy device states::

		    # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919*/dell_privacy_current_state
		    [Microphone] [unmuted]

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