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diff --git a/share/man/man4/acpi_asus_wmi.4 b/share/man/man4/acpi_asus_wmi.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..129894b --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/acpi_asus_wmi.4 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 2, 2012 +.Dt ACPI_ASUS_WMI 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm acpi_asus_wmi +.Nd Asus Laptop WMI Extras +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following line in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device acpi_asus_wmi" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +acpi_asus_wmi_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the extra WMI-controlled gadgets, such as hotkeys +and leds, found on Asus laptops. +It allows one to use the +.Xr 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 +.Xr devd 8 +for easy handling in userspace with the default configuration in +.Pa /etc/devd/asus.conf . +Some hotkey events, such as keyboard backlight and touchpad control, are +handled inside the driver. +.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES +The following sysctls are currently implemented: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Va dev.acpi_asus_wmi.0.handle_keys +Specifies whether driver should handle some harwdare keys, such as keyboard +backlight, internally. +.El +.Pp +Number of other variables under the same sysctl branch are model-specific. +.Pp +Defaults for these variables can be set in +.Xr sysctl.conf 5 , +which is parsed at boot-time. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr acpi 4 , +.Xr acpi_asus 4 , +.Xr acpi_video 4 , +.Xr sysctl.conf 5 , +.Xr devd 8 , +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Alexander Motin Aq mav@FreeBSD.org . |