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authorbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2007-11-12 19:59:22 +0000
committerbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2007-11-12 19:59:22 +0000
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Some cleanup.
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+++ b/share/man/man4/asmc.4
@@ -62,32 +62,32 @@ Intel MacMini
.El
.Pp
With this driver, you can configure your keyboard backlight
-brigthness, check temperatures of several sensors, check the speed of
+brightness, check temperatures of several sensors, check the speed of
the internal fans and check the status of the Sudden Motion Sensor.
.Pp
-Variables regarding to the SMC control and inspection are exported via
+Variables related to the SMC control and inspection are exported via
.Xr sysctl 4
under the device tree
.Va dev.asmc .
.Sh KEYBOARD BACKLIGHT
On
.Em MacBook Pro
-systems, you can control the keyboard brigthness by writting values to
+systems, you can control the keyboard brightness by writing values to
the
.Va dev.asmc.%d.light.left
or
.Va dev.asmc.%d.light.right
sysctl MIBs.
.Pp
-Each of these sysctl MIBs contain the raw value returned by the left
+Each of these sysctl MIBs contains the raw value returned by the left
and right light sensors.
.Sh TEMPERATURES
The number of temperature sensors and their description varies among
systems.
You can inspect the temperature sensors on your system by traversing
-the sysctl
+the
.Va dev.asmc.temp
-MIB.
+sysctl MIB.
.Pp
All values are in degrees celsius.
.Sh SYSTEM FANS
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ The sysctl MIBs present under
all relate to the SMS.
.Pp
The most interesting usage of this device is to park the disk heads
-when the laptop is moved harshly. First, you need to install
-.Xr ataidle 1
+when the laptop is moved harshly.
+First, you need to install
+.Xr ataidle 1 Pq Pa ports/sysutils/ataidle
and then configure
.Xr devd 8
the following way:
@@ -126,18 +127,19 @@ notify 0 {
};
.Ed
.Pp
-Don't forget to change the
+Do not forget to change the
.Va X
and
.Va Y
values in the command above.
.Pp
Also, please note that parking the disk heads too many times can
-dramatically reduce your hard drive's life span. Don't rely solely on
+dramatically reduce your hard drive's life span.
+Do not rely solely on
the SMS to protect your hard drive: good care and common sense can
increase your hard drive's life.
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr ataidle 1 ,
+.Xr ataidle 1 Pq Pa ports/sysutils/ataidle ,
.Xr devd 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh BUGS
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