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@@ -207,11 +207,22 @@ config ACPI_WMI
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depends on X86
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depends on EXPERIMENTAL
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help
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- This driver adds support for the ACPI-WMI mapper device (PNP0C14)
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- found on some systems.
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+ This driver adds support for the ACPI-WMI (Windows Management
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+ Instrumentation) mapper device (PNP0C14) found on some systems.
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- NOTE: You will need another driver or userspace application on top of
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- this to actually use anything defined in the ACPI-WMI mapper.
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+ ACPI-WMI is a proprietary extension to ACPI to expose parts of the
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+ ACPI firmware to userspace - this is done through various vendor
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+ defined methods and data blocks in a PNP0C14 device, which are then
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+ made available for userspace to call.
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+ The implementation of this in Linux currently only exposes this to
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+ other kernel space drivers.
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+ This driver is a required dependency to build the firmware specific
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+ drivers needed on many machines, including Acer and HP laptops.
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+ It is safe to enable this driver even if your DSDT doesn't define
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+ any ACPI-WMI devices.
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config ACPI_ASUS
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tristate "ASUS/Medion Laptop Extras"
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