6 Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net>
7 http://acpi4asus.sf.net/
9 This driver provides support for extra features of ACPI-compatible ASUS laptops.
10 It may also support some MEDION, JVC or VICTOR laptops (such as MEDION 9675 or
11 VICTOR XP7210 for example). It makes all the extra buttons generate input
12 events (like keyboards).
13 On some models adds support for changing the display brightness and output,
14 switching the LCD backlight on and off, and most importantly, allows you to
15 blink those fancy LEDs intended for reporting mail and wireless status.
17 This driver supercedes the old asus_acpi driver.
22 Kernel 2.6.X sources, configured for your computer, with ACPI support.
23 You also need CONFIG_INPUT and CONFIG_ACPI.
28 The features currently supported are the following (see below for
29 detailed description):
32 - Bluetooth enable and disable
33 - Wlan enable and disable
34 - GPS enable and disable
35 - Video output switching
36 - Ambient Light Sensor on and off
39 - LCD brightness control
42 A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
43 site, http://acpi4asus.sf.net/.
48 Try "modprobe asus-laptop". Check your dmesg (simply type dmesg). You should
49 see some lines like this :
51 Asus Laptop Extras version 0.42
54 If it is not the output you have on your laptop, send it (and the laptop's
57 That's all, now, all the events generated by the hotkeys of your laptop
58 should be reported via netlink events. You can check with
59 "acpi_genl monitor" (part of the acpica project).
61 Hotkeys are also reported as input keys (like keyboards) you can check
62 which key are supported using "xev" under X11.
64 You can get information on the version of your DSDT table by reading the
65 /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/infos entry. If you have a question or a
66 bug report to do, please include the output of this entry.
71 You can modify LEDs be echoing values to /sys/class/leds/asus::*/brightness :
72 echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/asus::mail/brightness
73 will switch the mail LED on.
74 You can also know if they are on/off by reading their content and use
75 kernel triggers like disk-activity or heartbeat.
80 You can control lcd backlight power and brightness with
81 /sys/class/backlight/asus-laptop/. Brightness Values are between 0 and 15.
86 You can turn the internal Bluetooth adapter on/off with the bluetooth entry
87 (only on models with Bluetooth). This usually controls the associated LED.
88 Same for Wlan adapter.
93 Note: the display switching code is currently considered EXPERIMENTAL.
95 Switching works for the following models:
100 W1000N (albeit with some glitches)
105 Switching doesn't work for the following:
107 L2X00D (locks the laptop under certain conditions)
109 To switch the displays, echo values from 0 to 15 to
110 /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display. The significance of those values
113 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
114 | Bin | Val | DVI | TV | CRT | LCD |
115 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
117 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
118 + 0001 + 1 + + + + X +
119 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
120 + 0010 + 2 + + + X + +
121 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
122 + 0011 + 3 + + + X + X +
123 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
124 + 0100 + 4 + + X + + +
125 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
126 + 0101 + 5 + + X + + X +
127 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
128 + 0110 + 6 + + X + X + +
129 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
130 + 0111 + 7 + + X + X + X +
131 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
132 + 1000 + 8 + X + + + +
133 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
134 + 1001 + 9 + X + + + X +
135 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
136 + 1010 + 10 + X + + X + +
137 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
138 + 1011 + 11 + X + + X + X +
139 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
140 + 1100 + 12 + X + X + + +
141 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
142 + 1101 + 13 + X + X + + X +
143 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
144 + 1110 + 14 + X + X + X + +
145 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
146 + 1111 + 15 + X + X + X + X +
147 +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
149 In most cases, the appropriate displays must be plugged in for the above
150 combinations to work. TV-Out may need to be initialized at boot time.
153 1) Check whether the Fn+F8 key:
154 a) does not lock the laptop (try a boot with noapic / nolapic if it does)
155 b) generates events (0x6n, where n is the value corresponding to the
158 Record the disp value at every configuration.
159 2) Echo values from 0 to 15 to /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display.
160 Record its value, note any change. If nothing changes, try a broader range,
162 3) Send ANY output (both positive and negative reports are needed, unless your
163 machine is already listed above) to the acpi4asus-user mailing list.
165 Note: on some machines (e.g. L3C), after the module has been loaded, only 0x6n
166 events are generated and no actual switching occurs. In such a case, a line
169 echo $((10#$arg-60)) > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display
171 will usually do the trick ($arg is the 0000006n-like event passed to acpid).
173 Note: there is currently no reliable way to read display status on xxN
179 Some models like the W1N have a LED display that can be used to display
180 several items of information.
182 LED display works for the following models:
186 To control the LED display, use the following :
188 echo 0x0T000DDD > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/
190 where T control the 3 letters display, and DDD the 3 digits display,
191 according to the tables below.
194 000 to 999 = display digits
196 BBB to FFF = turn-off
208 For example "echo 0x01000001 >/sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ledd"
209 would display "DVD001".
214 Options can be passed to the asus-laptop driver using the standard
215 module argument syntax (<param>=<value> when passing the option to the
216 module or asus-laptop.<param>=<value> on the kernel boot line when
217 asus-laptop is statically linked into the kernel).
219 wapf: WAPF defines the behavior of the Fn+Fx wlan key
220 The significance of values is yet to be found, but
222 - 0x0 should do nothing
223 - 0x1 should allow to control the device with Fn+Fx key.
224 - 0x4 should send an ACPI event (0x88) while pressing the Fn+Fx key
225 - 0x5 like 0x1 or 0x4
227 The default value is 0x1.
232 These models will never be supported by this module, as they use a completely
233 different mechanism to handle LEDs and extra stuff (meaning we have no clue
236 - ASUS A1300 (A1B), A1370D
240 Patches, Errors, Questions:
241 --------------------------
243 I appreciate any success or failure
244 reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table.
245 Please include the following information in your report:
248 - a copy of your ACPI tables, using the "acpidump" utility
249 - a copy of /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/infos
250 - which driver features work and which don't
251 - the observed behavior of non-working features
253 Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome.
255 acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net
256 http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi4asus