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17.Dd $Mdocdate: September 13 2020 $
18.Dt ASMC 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm asmc
22.Nd Apple System Management Controller (SMC)
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "asmc0 at acpi?"
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26The
27.Nm
28driver provides support for the Apple System Management Controller (SMC), as
29found in Intel based Apple devices.
30.Pp
31The driver possesses a collection of temperature, fan, light, and acceleration
32sensor values which are made available through the
33.Xr sysctl 8
34interface.
35.Pp
36If available, the keyboard backlight is enabled by the driver and can be
37adjusted using the
38.Xr wsconsctl 8
39variable
40.Va keyboard.backlight .
41.Sh SEE ALSO
42.Xr acpi 4 ,
43.Xr intro 4 ,
44.Xr sensorsd 8 ,
45.Xr sysctl 8 ,
46.Xr wsconsctl 8
47.Sh HISTORY
48The
49.Nm
50driver first appeared in
51.Ox 5.9 .
52.Sh AUTHORS
53.An -nosplit
54The
55.Nm
56driver was written by
57.An Joerg Jung Aq Mt jung@openbsd.org .
58.Sh CAVEATS
59Light sensor values may not be available on older products.
60.Pp
61Acceleration sensors are not available and the associated interrupt handling is
62not implemented.
63.Pp
64Besides the sensors, the huge amount of other functions and information
65available from the SMC is not supported.
66