Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:15:11 +0100 From: martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for Fn keys on a Sony laptop Message-ID: <ge1fvf$uq2$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <639139.36385.qm@web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <639139.36385.qm@web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Vishwanathan S V N wrote: > 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? > Unfortunately the same situation we have with acpi_asus module which is actively developed at http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi4asus/ but FreeBSD port is ancient with very limited functionality. :-(
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