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* Add more models that have the SMC. PR: 137168 [1] Submitted by: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd at davenulle.org> Approved by: re (kib)
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd July 27, 2009
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.Dt ASMC 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm asmc
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.Nd device driver for the Apple System Management Console (SMC)
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your
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kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device asmc"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Alternatively, to load the driver as a
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module at boot time, place the following line in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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asmc_load="YES"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver controls the Apple System Management Console (SMC for short)
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found on Intel Apple systems.
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.Pp
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The SMC is known to be found on the following systems:
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.Pp
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.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
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.It
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MacBook
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.It
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MacBook Pro
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.It
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Intel MacMini
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.It
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Mac Pro
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.It
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MacBook Air
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.It
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Intel iMac
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.El
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.Pp
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With this driver, you can configure your keyboard backlight
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brightness, check temperatures of several sensors, check the speed of
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the internal fans and check the status of the Sudden Motion Sensor.
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.Pp
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Variables related to the SMC control and inspection are exported via
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.Xr sysctl 3
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under the device tree
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.Va dev.asmc .
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.Sh KEYBOARD BACKLIGHT
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On
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.Tn MacBook Pro
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systems, you can control the keyboard brightness by writing a value to
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the
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.Va dev.asmc.%d.light.control
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sysctl MIB.
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.Pp
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The following sysctl MIBs contains the raw value returned by the left
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and right light sensors:
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.Va dev.asmc.%d.light.left
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or
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.Va dev.asmc.%d.light.right .
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.Sh TEMPERATURES
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The number of temperature sensors and their description varies among
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systems.
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You can inspect the temperature sensors on your system by traversing
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the
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.Va dev.asmc.temp
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sysctl MIB.
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.Pp
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All values are in degrees celsius.
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.Sh SYSTEM FANS
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The
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.Va dev.asmc.fan.%d
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sysctl tree contains the leaf nodes
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.Va speed ,
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.Va safespeed ,
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.Va minspeed ,
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.Va maxspeed
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and
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.Va targetspeed .
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Each of these leaf nodes represent the current fan speed, the safest
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minimum fan speed, the mininum speed and the maximum speed
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respectively.
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.Pp
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All values are in RPM.
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.Sh SUDDEN MOTION SENSOR
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The Sudden Motion Sensor (SMS for short) is a device that detects
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laptop movement and notifies the operating system via an interrupt.
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The sysctl MIBs present under
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.Va dev.asmc.sms
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all relate to the SMS.
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.Pp
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The most interesting usage of this device is to park the disk heads
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when the laptop is moved harshly.
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First, you need to install
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.Xr ataidle 8 Pq Pa ports/sysutils/ataidle
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and then configure
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.Xr devd 8
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the following way:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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notify 0 {
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match "system" "ACPI";
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match "subsystem" "asmc";
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action "/usr/local/sbin/ataidle -s X Y";
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Do not forget to change the
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.Ar X
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and
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.Ar Y
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values in the command above.
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.Pp
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Also, please note that parking the disk heads too many times can
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dramatically reduce your hard drive's life span.
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Do not rely solely on
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the SMS to protect your hard drive: good care and common sense can
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increase your hard drive's life.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ataidle 8 Pq Pa ports/sysutils/ataidle ,
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.Xr devd 8 ,
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.Xr sysctl 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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driver first appeared in
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.Fx 8.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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.An Rui Paulo Aq rpaulo@FreeBSD.org
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(Google Summer of Code project).
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.Sh BUGS
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Support for the latest models was never tested and is most likely not
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fully working.
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