ACPIWMI(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual ACPIWMI(4)
NAME
acpiwmi - Windows Management Instrumentation support for ACPI
SYNOPSIS
acpiwmi* at acpi?
wmidell* at acpiwmibus?
wmieeepc* at acpiwmibus?
wmihp* at acpiwmibus?
wmimsi* at acpiwmibus?
DESCRIPTION
The acpiwmi device driver provides an ACPI interface for Windows
Management Instrumentation (WMI). The ACPI WMI interface is typically
used to support vendor specific features found in various laptops.
The following WMI mappings are supported:
wmidell Dell laptops
wmieeepc Some models of Asus Eee PC
wmihp Hewlett-Packard laptops
wmimsi MSI laptops
The functionality varies from vendor to vendor. Typically the interface
is used for function and hotkey handling, but additional features may be
present.
SEE ALSO
acpi(4), acpidalb(4)
Microsoft Corporation, Windows Instrumentation: WMI and ACPI,
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/wmi/wmi-acpi.mspx, December
4, 2001.
HISTORY
The acpiwmi device driver appeared in NetBSD 6.0.
AUTHORS
Jukka Ruohonen <
[email protected]> wrote acpiwmi and most of the mappings.
CAVEATS
While WMI should provide a certain degree of portability across laptop
models from a particular vendor, there is no guarantee that the mappings
are functional in all models.
The wmihp driver may conflict with hpqlb(4).
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 May 27, 2019 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8