acpi_asus_wmi (4)

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man4/acpi_asus_wmi.4freebsd".)

NAME

acpi_asus_wmi - Asus Laptop WMI Extras

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

device acpi_asus_wmi

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf5:

acpi_asus_wmi_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The ifconfig driver provides support for the extra WMI-controlled gadgets, such as hotkeys and leds, found on Asus laptops. It allows one to use the sysctl(8) interface to manipulate the brightness of the LCD panel and keyboard backlight, power on/off different internal components, such as WiFi, Bluetooth, camera, cardreader, etc, read some sensors. Hotkey events are passed to devd(8) for easy handling in userspace with the default configuration in /etc/devd/asus.conf Some hotkey events, such as keyboard backlight and touchpad control, are handled inside the driver.

SYSCTL VARIABLES

The following sysctls are currently implemented:

dev.acpi_asus_wmi.0.handle_keys

Specifies whether driver should handle some harwdare keys, such as keyboard backlight, internally.

Number of other variables under the same sysctl branch are model-specific.

Defaults for these variables can be set in sysctl.conf5, which is parsed at boot-time.

SEE ALSO

acpi(4), acpi_asus4, acpi_video4, sysctl.conf5, devd(8), sysctl(8)

HISTORY

The ifconfig driver first appeared in Fx 10.0 .

AUTHORS

An Alexander Motin Aq mav@FreeBSD.org .