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.Dd June 19, 2015
.Dt ACPI_HP 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm acpi_hp
.Nd "ACPI extras driver for HP laptops"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following line in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device acpi_hp"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
acpi_hp_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for ACPI-controlled features found on HP laptops
that use a WMI enabled BIOS (e.g., HP Compaq 8510p and 6510p).
.Pp
The main purpose of this driver is to provide an interface,
accessible via
.Xr sysctl 8 ,
.Xr devd 8 and
.Xr devfs 8 ,
through which applications can determine and change the status of
various laptop components and BIOS settings.
.Pp
.Ss Xr devd 8 Events
Devd events received by
.Xr devd 8
provide the following information:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "subsystem" -offset indent -compact
.It system
.Qq Li ACPI
.It subsystem
.Qq Li HP
.It type
The source of the event in the ACPI namespace.
The value depends on the model.
.It notify
Event code (see below).
.El
.Pp
Event codes:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "0xc0" -offset indent -compact
.It Li 0xc0
WLAN on air status changed to 0 (not on air)
.It Li 0xc1
WLAN on air status changed to 1 (on air)
.It Li 0xd0
Bluetooth on air status changed to 0 (not on air)
.It Li 0xd1
Bluetooth on air status changed to 1 (on air)
.It Li 0xe0
WWAN on air status changed to 0 (not on air)
.It Li 0xe1
WWAN on air status changed to 1 (on air)
.El
.Ss Xr devfs 8 Device
You can read /dev/hpcmi to see your current BIOS settings.
The detail level can be adjusted by setting the sysctl
.Va cmi_detail
as described below.
.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
The following sysctls are currently implemented:
.Ss WLAN:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_enabled
Toggle WLAN chip activity.
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_radio
(read-only)
WLAN radio status (controlled by hardware switch)
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_on_air
(read-only)
WLAN on air (chip enabled, hardware switch enabled + enabled in BIOS)
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_enabled_if_radio_on
If set to 1, the WLAN chip will be enabled if the radio is turned on
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wlan_disable_if_radio_off
If set to 1, the WLAN chip will be disabled if the radio is turned off
.El
.Ss Bluetooth:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_enabled
Toggle Bluetooth chip activity.
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_radio
(read-only)
Bluetooth radio status (controlled by hardware switch)
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_on_air
(read-only)
Bluetooth on air (chip enabled, hardware switch enabled + enabled in BIOS)
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_enabled_if_radio_on
If set to 1, the Bluetooth chip will be enabled if the radio is turned on
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_disable_if_radio_off
If set to 1, the Bluetooth chip will be disabled if the radio is turned off
.El
.Ss WWAN:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_enabled
Toggle WWAN chip activity.
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_radio
(read-only)
WWAN radio status (controlled by hardware switch)
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_on_air
(read-only)
WWAN on air (chip enabled, hardware switch enabled + enabled in BIOS)
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_enabled_if_radio_on
If set to 1, the WWAN chip will be enabled if the radio is turned on
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.wwan_disable_if_radio_off
If set to 1, the WWAN chip will be disabled if the radio is turned off
.El
.Ss Misc:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.als_enabled
Toggle ambient light sensor (ALS)
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.display
(read-only)
Display status (bitmask)
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.hdd_temperature
(read-only)
HDD temperature
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.is_docked
(read-only)
Docking station status (1 if docked)
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.cmi_detail
Bitmask to control detail level in /dev/hpcmi output (values can be ORed).
.Bl -tag -width "0x01" -offset indent -compact
.It Li 0x01
Show path component of BIOS setting
.It Li 0x02
Show a list of valid options for the BIOS setting
.It Li 0x04
Show additional flags of BIOS setting (ReadOnly etc.)
.It Li 0x08
Query highest BIOS entry instance.
This is broken on many HP models and therefore disabled by default.
.El
.It Va dev.acpi_hp.0.verbose
(read-only)
Set verbosity level
.El
.Pp
Defaults for these sysctls can be set in
.Xr sysctl.conf 5 .
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver has been reported to support the following hardware:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
HP Compaq 8510p
.It
HP Compaq nx7300
.El
.Pp
It should work on most HP laptops that feature a WMI enabled BIOS.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/hpcmi"
.It Pa /dev/hpcmi
Interface to read BIOS settings
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following can be added to
.Xr devd.conf 5
in order disable the LAN interface when WLAN on air and reenable if it is not:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
notify 0 {
	match "system"          "ACPI";
	match "subsystem"       "HP";
	match "notify"          "0xc0";
	action                  "ifconfig em0 up";
};

notify 0 {
	match "system"          "ACPI";
	match "subsystem"       "HP";
	match "notify"          "0xc1";
	action                  "ifconfig em0 down";
};
.Ed
.Pp
Enable the ambient light sensor:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
sysctl dev.acpi_hp.0.als_enabled=1
.Ed
.Pp
Enable Bluetooth:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
sysctl dev.acpi_hp.0.bt_enabled=1
.Ed
.Pp
Get BIOS settings:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
cat /dev/hpcmi

Serial Port                                Disable
Infrared Port                              Enable
Parallel Port                              Disable
Flash Media Reader                         Disable
USB Ports including Express Card slot      Enable
1394 Port                                  Enable
Cardbus Slot                               Disable
Express Card Slot                          Disable
(...)
.Ed
.Pp
Set maximum detail level for /dev/hpcmi output:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
sysctl dev.acpi_hp.0.cmi_detail=7
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acpi 4 ,
.Xr acpi_wmi 4 ,
.Xr sysctl.conf 5 ,
.Xr devd 8 ,
.Xr devfs 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 8.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Michael Gmelin Aq Mt freebsd@grem.de .
.Pp
It has been inspired by hp-wmi driver, which implements a subset of these
features (hotkeys) on Linux.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It HP CMI whitepaper:
http://h20331.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/downloads/cmi_whitepaper.pdf
.It wmi-hp for Linux:
http://www.kernel.org
.It WMI and ACPI:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/wmi/wmi-acpi.mspx
.El
.Pp
This manual page was written by
.An Michael Gmelin Aq Mt freebsd@grem.de .
.Sh BUGS
This driver is experimental and has only been tested on i386 on an
HP Compaq 8510p which featured all supported wireless devices (WWAN/BT/WLAN).
Expect undefined results when operating on different hardware.
.Pp
Loading the driver is slow.
Reading from
.Pa /dev/hpcmi
is even slower.
.Pp
Additional features like HP specific sensor readings or writing BIOS
settings are not supported.