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.Dd November 22, 2011
.Dt ACPI_WMI 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm acpi_wmi
.Nd "ACPI to WMI mapping driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following line in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device acpi_wmi"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
acpi_wmi_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides an interface for vendor specific WMI implementations
(e.g. HP and Acer laptops).
It creates /dev/wmistat%d, which can be read to get
information about GUIDs found in the system.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/wmistat%d -compact
.It Pa /dev/wmistat%d
WMI status device.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal
# cat /dev/wmistat0
GUID                                  INST EXPE METH STR EVENT OID
{5FB7F034-2C63-45E9-BE91-3D44E2C707E4}   1 NO   WMAA NO  NO    AA
{95F24279-4D7B-4334-9387-ACCDC67EF61C}   1 NO   NO   NO  0x80+ -
{2B814318-4BE8-4707-9D84-A190A859B5D0}   1 NO   NO   NO  0xA0  -
{05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910}   1 NO   NO   NO  NO    AB
{1F4C91EB-DC5C-460B-951D-C7CB9B4B8D5E}   1 NO   WMBA NO  NO    BA
{2D114B49-2DFB-4130-B8FE-4A3C09E75133}  57 NO   NO   NO  NO    BC
{988D08E3-68F4-4C35-AF3E-6A1B8106F83C}  20 NO   NO   NO  NO    BD
{14EA9746-CE1F-4098-A0E0-7045CB4DA745}   1 NO   NO   NO  NO    BE
{322F2028-0F84-4901-988E-015176049E2D}   2 NO   NO   NO  NO    BF
{8232DE3D-663D-4327-A8F4-E293ADB9BF05}   0 NO   NO   NO  NO    BG
{8F1F6436-9F42-42C8-BADC-0E9424F20C9A}   0 NO   NO   NO  NO    BH
{8F1F6435-9F42-42C8-BADC-0E9424F20C9A}   0 NO   NO   NO  NO    BI
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acpi 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 8.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Michael Gmelin Aq Mt freebsd@grem.de .
.Pp
Work has been inspired by the Linux acpi-wmi driver written by Carlos Corbacho.
.Pp
See http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/wmi/wmi-acpi.mspx for
the specification of ACPI-WMI.
.Pp
This manual page was written by
.An Michael Gmelin Aq Mt freebsd@grem.de .