Unsupported Asus laptop: A6F

[Rui Paulo]

Hi,

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Marcin Nowak
<marcin.nowak at simplusnet.pl> wrote:
> Hi
>
>  In the source file acpi_asus.c is:
>
>  "/*
>   * Driver for extra ACPI-controlled gadgets (hotkeys, leds, etc) found on
>   * recent Asus (and Medion) laptops.  Inspired by the acpi4asus project which
>   * implements these features in the Linux kernel.
>   *
>   *   <http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi4asus/>
>   *
>   * Currently should support most features, but could use some more testing.
>   * Particularly the display-switching stuff is a bit hairy.  If you have an
>   * Asus laptop which doesn't appear to be supported, or strange things happen
>   * when using this driver, please report to <acpi at FreeBSD.org>.
>   */"
>
>  So... my asus laptop doesn't appear to be supported. Model is:
>  smbios.bios.reldate="07/27/2006"
>  smbios.bios.vendor="American Megatrends Inc."
>  smbios.bios.version="A6FAS.215   "
>  smbios.chassis.maker="ASUSTeK Computer Inc. "
>  smbios.chassis.serial="                      "
>  smbios.chassis.tag="                      "
>  smbios.chassis.version="                      "
>  smbios.planar.maker="ASUSTeK Computer Inc.        "
>  smbios.planar.product="A6F       "
>  smbios.planar.serial="BSN12345678901234567"
>  smbios.planar.version="1.0       "
>  smbios.socket.enabled="1"
>  smbios.socket.populated="1"
>  smbios.system.maker="ASUSTeK Computer Inc. "
>  smbios.system.product="A6F                 "
>  smbios.system.serial="SSN12345678901234567"
>  smbios.system.uuid="2e2e81db-498c-6c5f-5e00-0018f36fe66e"
>  smbios.system.version="1.0       "
>
>  and after type: kldload acpi_asus i have:
>
>  acpi_asus0: Unsupported Asus laptop: A6F
>
>  Greetings ;)
>

Could you please try to fetch the latest acpi4asus tarball from
http://acpi4asus.sourceforge.net/ and, if you can, produce a patch
against FreeBSD's acpi_asus(4) driver?

Regards,
-- 
Rui Paulo