ACPI_ASUS_WMI(4)

💖 ACPI_ASUS_WMI(4) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual entry for acpi_asus_wmi — literally the glow-up your Asus laptop has been waiting for 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

acpi_asus_wmi — Asus Laptop WMI Extras 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so like, you wanna build this driver straight into the kernel? no cap, just drop this line into your kernel configuration file:

device acpi_asus_wmi

orrrr, if you'd rather load it as a module at boot time (which is honestly the move for a lot of ppl), put this line in loader.conf(5):

acpi_asus_wmi_load="YES"

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

the acpi_asus_wmi driver is giving extra WMI-controlled gadget support — we're talking hotkeys, leds, all that cute stuff that lives on Asus laptops. it ate, fr fr.

with it, you get to use the sysctl(8) interface to:

• mess with the brightness of your LCD panel and keyboard backlight ✨
• power on/off different internal components — WiFi, Bluetooth, camera, cardreader, etc. 🔌
• read some sensors 👀

hotkey events get passed along to devd(8) so you can handle them super easily in userspace, with the default configuration living at /etc/devd/asus.conf. and some hotkey events — like keyboard backlight and touchpad control — are handled inside the driver itself, no extra effort from you. iconic.

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⭐ SYSCTL VARIABLES ⭐

here's the sysctls that are currently implemented, bestie:

• dev.acpi_asus_wmi.0.handle_keys — specifies whether the driver should handle some hardware keys, such as keyboard backlight, internally. it's giving "do I do this myself or not" 💁‍♀️

and that's not all — a number of other variables under the same sysctl branch are model-specific, so your mileage may vibe differently depending on your machine.

you can set defaults for these variables in sysctl.conf(5), which gets parsed at boot-time. set it and forget it, periodt. 💜

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

acpi(4), acpi_asus(4), acpi_video(4), sysctl.conf(5), devd(8), sysctl(8)

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🌈 HISTORY 🌈

the acpi_asus_wmi driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0. a legend from day one, honestly.

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🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>

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lowkey reminder bestie: handle_keys is the one knob you'll actually be poking, and the rest of the sysctl branch depends on your exact model — don't assume, check 💀

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and that's the whole page, no notes 💖 this one's from the Debian crew, dated July 2, 2012, filed under ACPI_ASUS_WMI(4). ty for coming to my ted talk, go touch some grass (or at least run sysctl first) 🌸🦋✨