sysfs-platform-dell-privacy-wmi 2.5 KB

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  1. What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_supported_type
  2. Date: Apr 2021
  3. KernelVersion: 5.13
  4. Contact: "<[email protected]>"
  5. Description:
  6. Display which dell hardware level privacy devices are supported
  7. “Dell Privacy” is a set of HW, FW, and SW features to enhance
  8. Dell’s commitment to platform privacy for MIC, Camera, and
  9. ePrivacy screens.
  10. The supported hardware privacy devices are:
  11. Attributes:
  12. Microphone Mute:
  13. Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications
  14. is available to capture system mic sound
  15. Camera Shutter:
  16. Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical
  17. shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images
  18. from outside the laptop
  19. Values:
  20. supported:
  21. The privacy device is supported by this system
  22. unsupported:
  23. The privacy device is not supported on this system
  24. For example to check which privacy devices are supported::
  25. # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_supported_type
  26. [Microphone Mute] [supported]
  27. [Camera Shutter] [supported]
  28. [ePrivacy Screen] [unsupported]
  29. What: /sys/bus/wmi/devices/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_current_state
  30. Date: Apr 2021
  31. KernelVersion: 5.13
  32. Contact: "<[email protected]>"
  33. Description:
  34. Allow user space to check current dell privacy device state.
  35. Describes the Device State class exposed by BIOS which can be
  36. consumed by various applications interested in knowing the Privacy
  37. feature capabilities
  38. Attributes:
  39. Microphone:
  40. Identifies the local microphone can be muted by hardware, no applications
  41. is available to capture system mic sound
  42. Camera Shutter:
  43. Identifies camera shutter controlled by hardware, which is a micromechanical
  44. shutter assembly that is built onto the camera module to block capturing images
  45. from outside the laptop
  46. Values:
  47. muted:
  48. Identifies the privacy device is turned off
  49. and cannot send stream to OS applications
  50. unmuted:
  51. Identifies the privacy device is turned on,
  52. audio or camera driver can get stream from mic
  53. and camera module to OS applications
  54. For example to check all supported current privacy device states::
  55. # cat /sys/bus/wmi/drivers/dell-privacy/6932965F-1671-4CEB-B988-D3AB0A901919/dell_privacy_current_state
  56. [Microphone] [unmuted]
  57. [Camera Shutter] [unmuted]