From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 31 19:07:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C95710656A6; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:07:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from nlpi129.prodigy.net (nlpi129.sbcis.sbc.com [207.115.36.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2881D8FC14; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:07:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.5.41] (ppp-71-139-41-38.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [71.139.41.38]) (authenticated bits=0) by nlpi129.prodigy.net (8.13.8 smtpauth/dk/map_regex/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n7VIv1jp012359; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:57:01 -0500 Message-ID: <4A9C1CFD.1010602@root.org> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:57:01 -0700 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andriy Gapon References: <4A99547A.7090809@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4A99547A.7090809@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi_wmi dependency on acpi_ec X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:07:43 -0000 Andriy Gapon wrote: > > Does acpi_wmi have to depend on acpi_ec so strongly as it does now? > > The reason I am asking is that I have a desktop system that seems to > provide "something WMI", but doesn't have an EC: > http://people.freebsd.org/~avg/ga-ma780g-ud3h/acpi.asl WMI is two things: 1. proprietary API to some data already available in ACPI 2. standard for organizing system information not yet listed in the ACPI spec > I am not sure how to proceed next and if I can actually get anything > useful with WMI on this system. > For now I extracted binary MOF file stored in WQBA and used wmimofck > utility (from Windows Driver Kit) on it. The following is the resulting > header file: > http://people.freebsd.org/~avg/ga-ma780g-ud3h/wq.h > Any advice on what I could try next? What you can do with it is totally dependent on the system. Sometimes it offers a lot of info, sometimes not. With laptops, I think most manufacturers ignored WMI and ACPI and wrote their own hotkey drivers. -- Nate