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author | rpaulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-06-25 15:32:46 +0000 |
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committer | rpaulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-06-25 15:32:46 +0000 |
commit | 5bba5f6503d7282d131c0cd1df466f6ad6c75575 (patch) | |
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Import the acpi_aibs(4) driver written by Constantine A. Murenin.
It has more features than acpi_aiboost(4) and it will eventually replace
acpi_aiboost(4).
Submitted by: Constantine A. Murenin <cnst at FreeBSD.org>
Reviewed by: freebsd-acpi, imp
MFC after: 1 month
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/Makefile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/aibs.4 | 209 |
2 files changed, 211 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index d08ed32..31c63cf 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ MAN= aac.4 \ ahc.4 \ ahci.4 \ ahd.4 \ + ${_aibs.4} \ aio.4 \ alc.4 \ ale.4 \ @@ -633,6 +634,7 @@ _acpi_panasonic.4=acpi_panasonic.4 _acpi_sony.4= acpi_sony.4 _acpi_toshiba.4=acpi_toshiba.4 _acpi_wmi.4= acpi_wmi.4 +_aibs.4= aibs.4 _amdsbwd.4= amdsbwd.4 _amdsmb.4= amdsmb.4 _amdtemp.4= amdtemp.4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/aibs.4 b/share/man/man4/aibs.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..61e34ca --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/aibs.4 @@ -0,0 +1,209 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" $NetBSD: aibs.4,v 1.2 2010/02/09 05:37:25 cnst Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: aibs.4,v 1.4 2009/07/30 06:30:45 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2009/2010 Constantine A. Murenin <cnst++@FreeBSD.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd April 4, 2010 +.Dt AIBS 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm aibs +.Nd "ASUSTeK AI Booster ACPI ATK0110 voltage, temperature and fan sensor" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device acpi" +.Cd "device aibs" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following lines in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +acpi_load="YES" +aibs_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the voltage, temperature and fan sensors +available through the +.Tn ATK0110 +.Tn ASOC +.Tn ACPI +device +on +.Tn ASUSTeK +motherboards. +The number of sensors of each type, +as well as the description of each sensor, +varies according to the motherboard. +.Pp +The driver supports an arbitrary set of sensors, +provides descriptions regarding what each sensor is used for, +and reports the current values as well as +the supposed range specifications of each sensor's input +as defined by the motherboard manufacturer through +.Tn ACPI . +.Pp +The range specifications are as follows: +.Bl -bullet +.It +Voltage sensors have a lower and an upper range specification. +.It +Temperature sensors have two upper specifications. +.It +Fan sensors may either have only the lower specification, +or, depending on the +.Tn DSDT , +one lower and one upper specification. +.El +.Pp +Sensor readings and the range specifications are made available through the +.Xr sysctl 3 +interface, +and can be monitored with +.Xr sysctl 8 . +For example, on an ASUS V3-P5G965 barebone: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +> sysctl dev.aibs.0.{volt,temp,fan} +dev.aibs.0.volt.0: 1192 850 1600 +dev.aibs.0.volt.1: 3312 2970 3630 +dev.aibs.0.volt.2: 5017 4500 5500 +dev.aibs.0.volt.3: 12302 10200 13800 +dev.aibs.0.temp.0: 28.0C 80.0C 95.0C +dev.aibs.0.temp.1: 55.0C 60.0C 95.0C +dev.aibs.0.fan.0: 878 600 7200 +dev.aibs.0.fan.1: 0 700 7200 +.Pp +> sysctl -d dev.aibs.0.{volt,temp,fan} +dev.aibs.0.volt: +dev.aibs.0.volt.0: Vcore Voltage +dev.aibs.0.volt.1: +3.3 Voltage +dev.aibs.0.volt.2: +5 Voltage +dev.aibs.0.volt.3: +12 Voltage +dev.aibs.0.temp: +dev.aibs.0.temp.0: CPU Temperature +dev.aibs.0.temp.1: MB Temperature +dev.aibs.0.fan: +dev.aibs.0.fan.0: CPU FAN Speed +dev.aibs.0.fan.1: CHASSIS FAN Speed +.Ed +.Pp +Generally, sensors provided by the +.Nm +driver may also be supported by certain other drivers or utilities +that access the +.Tn ISA / +.Tn LPC +or +.Tn I2C / +.Tn SMBus +devices directly. +The precise collection of +.Nm +sensors is comprised of the sensors +specifically utilised in the motherboard +design, which may be supported through +a combination of one or more physical hardware monitoring chips. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver, however, provides the following advantages +when compared to the native hardware monitoring drivers or other utilities: +.Bl -bullet +.It +Sensor values from +.Nm +are expected to be more reliable. +For example, voltage sensors in many hardware monitoring chips +can only sense voltage from 0 to 2 or 4 volts, and the excessive +voltage is removed by the resistors, which may vary with the motherboard +and with the voltage that is being sensed. +In +.Nm , +the required resistor factors are provided by +the motherboard manufacturer through +.Tn ACPI ; +in the native drivers, the resistor factors +are encoded into the driver based on the chip manufacturer's recommendations. +In essence, sensor values from +.Nm +are very likely to be identical to the readings from the +Hardware Monitor screen in the BIOS. +.It +Sensor descriptions from +.Nm +are more likely to match the markings on the motherboard. +.It +Sensor range specifications are supported by +.Nm . +The range specification is reported +for each individual sensor as suggested by the motherboard manufacturer. +For example, the threshold for the CPU temperature sensor is likely +to be significantly higher than that for the chassis temperature sensor. +.It +Support for newer chips in +.Nm . +Newer chips may miss a native driver, +but should be supported through +.Nm +regardless. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sysctl 3 , +.Xr acpi 4 , +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.7 , +.Dx 2.5 , +.Nx 6.0 +and +.Fx 9.0 . +.Pp +An earlier version of the driver, +.Nm acpi_aiboost , +first appeared in +.Fx 7.0 +and +.Nx 5.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written for +.Ox , +.Dx , +.Nx +and +.Fx +by +.An Constantine A. Murenin Aq cnst@FreeBSD.org , +Raouf Boutaba Research Group, +David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, +University of Waterloo. +.Pp +An earlier version of the driver, named +.Nm acpi_aiboost , +was written for +.Fx +by +.An Takanori Watanabe . |