ACPI_SONY(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

🦋 acpi_sony(4) 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual page for acpi_sony(4) — the Sony laptop ACPI notebook controller driver. it’s giving “niche but iconic” and we’re gonna go through it together, no cap. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

acpi_sony — ACPI notebook controller driver for Sony laptops

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so if you want this driver compiled into your kernel, you put this line in your kernel configuration file:

device acpi_sony

alternatively, if you want to load the driver as a module at boot time, you put this line in loader.conf(5):

acpi_sony_load="YES"

literally that simple. slay. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

the acpi_sony driver provides support for the notebook controller in Sony laptops. ✨

heads up, bestie: not all features will work on all laptop models. so if something doesn’t vibe on your machine, that’s just how it is sometimes. 😭

🎚️ SYSCTLS 🎚️

the following sysctl nodes are currently implemented — here’s the whole lineup, no skips, periodt:

  • dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness — Current brightness level of the display. 🌞
  • dev.acpi_sony.0.brightness_default — Default brightness level of the display (survives reboot). 🔁
  • dev.acpi_sony.0.contrast — Current contrast level of the display. 🎛️
  • dev.acpi_sony.0.bass_gain — Enable or disable the Bass Gain feature. 🔊
  • dev.acpi_sony.0.cdp — Turns the CD power on or off. 💿
  • dev.acpi_sony.0.azp — Turns the audio power on or off. 🎧
  • dev.acpi_sony.0.lnp — Turns the wired network interface power on or off. 🌐

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read those too, iykyk. 🫶

📜 HISTORY 📜

the acpi_sony driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0. vintage behavior, honestly. 👑

💖 AUTHORS 💖

the acpi_sony driver was written by Takanori Watanabe <takawata@FreeBSD.org>. iconic authorship fr fr. 🎀

💅 that’s the whole page, bestie — from the Debian copy of ACPI_SONY(4), dated February 8, 2010. bye fr fr 💅

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