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ACPI_ASUS_WMI(4) | Device Drivers Manual | ACPI_ASUS_WMI(4) |
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.conf(5):
acpi_asus_wmi_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION¶
Theacpi_asus_wmi
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.conf(5), which is parsed at boot-time.
SEE ALSO¶
acpi(4), acpi_asus(4), acpi_video(4), sysctl.conf(5), devd(8), sysctl(8)HISTORY¶
Theacpi_asus_wmi
driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 10.0.
AUTHORS¶
Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>July 2, 2012 | Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 |