From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 6 00:04:21 2008 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 D9DB3106566B for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:04:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vishketan@yahoo.com) Received: from web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.201.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 92BF78FC19 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:04:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vishketan@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 40396 invoked by uid 60001); 6 Mar 2008 00:04:20 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=rthKnu4eJGx844uFlF93MonGXelpUYCwGiSU8IC8WQobtac2SGYI1dsknUgvdu81S8Qiccdr6A7YuxJzIWvzJAvGOi4YxrygAO/NXdKdrb9zPn/cEGjw9o0TjzbXFtGje893SXFYK1YreD5tGKJ2Eo4SZpEshP2VhKVXPzmGpzQ=; X-YMail-OSG: CD6RrB8VM1mUM6LjCMkuf5jlSXAgOa9m8m8kCGcSFWrRdD3ww3BXzc07N9OtZujVhbi1ruaq4T3qq6lLMV08P72y1kORn5xoSJKmF8orUfkDQOQoecnIT8kU7MHYYDiaaavc7ubkDf0a Received: from [203.143.165.94] by web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:04:20 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/902.35 YahooMailWebService/0.7.162 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:04:20 -0800 (PST) From: Vishwanathan S V N To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <639139.36385.qm@web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: Support for Fn keys on a Sony laptop 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: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:04:22 -0000 Hi! I posted this to the freebsd-mobile mailing list and got no response. Maybe someone from the freebsd-acpi list knows the answer. I am new to FreeBSD so please be gentle on me, especially if this is a FAQ. I am running DesktopBSD 1.6.1 live DVD on my sony vaio VGN SZ483NC laptop. I notice that the acpi_ibm module is very feature rich while the acpi_sony module almost feels like a stub. I know that under Linux there has been extensive work to reverse engineer the Fn keys on sony Vaio laptops. See http://tjworld.net/snc/ or http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=465491 I am wondering if something similar to that is already available or in the works for FreeBSD as well? If it not available, how much work would it be to port things over? Is the acpi_sony.c the relevant file to look into? vishy ps: Please cc me on the replies since I am not subscribed to the list. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs