From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 30 18:30:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADF7716A7AF for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:30:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF49143D94 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:30:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4UIUFbH066599 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:30:15 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k4UIUFp1066598; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:30:15 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 18:30:15 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200605301830.k4UIUFp1066598@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, William Anderle Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2337816A5B1 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:20:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D299943D46 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:20:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4UIK96N065374 for ; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:20:09 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k4UIK9kq065373; Tue, 30 May 2006 18:20:09 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200605301820.k4UIK9kq065373@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 18:20:09 GMT From: William Anderle To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Cc: Subject: kern/98162: AcerHK driver port needed for enabling WiFi on Acer's laptops X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 18:30:20 -0000 >Number: 98162 >Category: kern >Synopsis: AcerHK driver port needed for enabling WiFi on Acer's laptops >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 30 18:30:14 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: William Anderle >Release: 6.1-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD Scarface.willytp.com 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0 >Description: On Acer laptops, we need a special driver to "software enable" some peripherals like WiFi and Bluetooth, otherwise the peripheral won't work even if the correct driver is loaded and recognizes it For better understanding, I copy here a part of AcerHK documentation: "Q: I know that wireless hardware is supported on my Aspire 1690/TravelMate4600, but I cannot get it to work, why? A: On these model (and similar) the wireless hardware is controlled on two different levels. One is controlled by acerhk's xxxled file, the other level is controlled by the key itself. To actually activate the hardware you need to write '1' to the xxled file and you need to press the corresponding button. Example: echo 1 > /proc/driver/acerhk/wirelessled " >How-To-Repeat: The problem can be repeated on any recent Acer's laptop. >Fix: The problem is already fixed on Linux on i386 and AMD64 platforms through the following drivers: AcerHK for i386 http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~tauber/acerhk/ Acer_Acpi for AMD64 http://www.archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: