105 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
105 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: acpiwmi.4,v 1.4 2010/04/08 18:31:53 jruoho Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen@iki.fi>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd March 23, 2010
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.Dt ACPIWMI 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm acpiwmi
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.Nd Windows Management Instrumentation support for
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.Tn ACPI
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "acpiwmi* at acpi?"
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.Cd "acpiwmibus* at acpiwmi?"
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.Cd "wmidell* at acpiwmibus?"
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.Cd "wmihp* at acpiwmibus?"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides an
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.Tn ACPI
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interface for Windows Management Instrumentation
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.Pq Tn WMI .
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The
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.Tn ACPI
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.Tn WMI
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interface is typically used to support vendor
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specific features found in various laptops.
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.Pp
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The following
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.Tn WMI
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mappings are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width "wmidell " -offset indent
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.It Sy wmidell
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Dell laptops
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.It Sy wmihp
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Hewlett-Packard laptops
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.El
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.Pp
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The functionality varies from vendor to vendor.
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Typically the interface is used for function and hotkey handling,
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but additional features may be present.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr acpi 4
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.Rs
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.%A Microsoft Corporation
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.%D December 4, 2001
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.%T Windows Instrumentation: WMI and ACPI
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.%U http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/wmi/wmi-acpi.mspx
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.Re
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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device driver appeared in
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.Nx 6.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Jukka Ruohonen
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.Aq jruohonen@iki.fi
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wrote the actual
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.Nm
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as well as
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.Sy wmidell
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and
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.Sy wmihp .
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The
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.Sy wmihp
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was based on the earlier work done by
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.An Michael Gmelin
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.Aq freebsd@grem.de
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for
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.Fx .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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While
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.Tn WMI
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should provide a certain degree of portability across laptop
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models from a particular vendor, there is no guarantee that the mappings
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are functional in all models.
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.Pp
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The
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.Sy wmihp
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driver conflicts with
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.Xr hpqlb 4 .
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