Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:59:09 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is required to support a new laptop? Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnuC%2B9-TZV_3uv2hyGiGOngost9k2ct0ZFtfvnzeDPvEA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130130024649.R87033@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <CAF6rxg=c=JN=N7NkWYdRHbgAqQTPGoFr=uLuXgiCfh%2BDdd-C4w@mail.gmail.com> <20130128114938.GK50515@e-new.0x20.net> <CAF6rxgnHayanFrLhmixdixe_pKeifPZG2mUYnJc51ioc47oYJQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1tLY_LSv6xpcfD_oC_6769BSuFutKYE4%2BExN81oyue5vQ@mail.gmail.com> <20130130024649.R87033@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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On 29 January 2013 10:50, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:24:29 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > > > On 28 January 2013 06:49, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: > > >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 08:55:40AM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote: > > >>> Hi all, > > >>> > > >>> I recently purchased a Lenovo Y530 and attempted to use some of the > > >>> ACPI features (brightness of backlight, etc.) > > >>> > > >>> I attempted to load acpi_ibm but devd reported no events (running with > > >>> devd -dD). What information might be useful to help support this > > >>> laptop? > > >> > > >> Did you set dev.acpi_ibm.0.events=1? > > > > > > I don't see this as an option at all. > > > > Setting dev.acpi_ibm.0.events=1 still does not cause the brightness > > functions to generate events. Could the initialmask and or availmask > > tie into this in some way? > > Have we seen 'sysctl dev.acpi_ibm' from this machine yet? Maybe clues? > Ideally after kldload acpi_ibm and before any sysctl changes .. [3462 root@gravity /home/eitan ]#kldload acpi_ibm.ko [3463 root@gravity /home/eitan ]#sysctl dev.acpi_ibm sysctl: unknown oid 'dev.acpi_ibm' I assume this is either missing a device ID and/or not the right driver at all. I mentioned this was a Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 -- Eitan Adler
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