rene / aspire300x

Linux kernel module that provides backlight and other controls for Acer Aspire 3000 series laptop's

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aspire300x

Linux kernel module that provides backlight and other controls for Acer Aspire 3000 series laptop's

Please, note that this device driver is outdated, I will keep this source code available here just for legacy systems or other purposes.

About

Aspire300x is a Linux kernel module that provides backlight and other controls for Acer Aspire 3000 series laptop's.

On Windows®, functions such as get the touchpad and wireless status can be accessed from Acer e-manager tool, that unfortunately, is not avaliable at Linux in this model. Current features of aspire300x are:

  • Control the LCD brightness from software
  • Get the touchpad status (enable/disable)
  • Get the wireless card status (enable/disable)

This device driver was written after a reverse engineering proccess of PC97551 embedded controller (EC), present in an old Acer Aspire 3003LCi, but its suppose to work on other models that have this EC.

Install

make

make install

Uninstall

make uninstall

License

License under GPLv2. See file COPYING for more details.

Bugs

Bugs reports to: Renê S. Pinto rene@renesp.com.br

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Linux kernel module that provides backlight and other controls for Acer Aspire 3000 series laptop's

License:GNU General Public License v2.0


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