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.Dd $Mdocdate: September 13 2020 $
.Dt ASMC 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm asmc
.Nd Apple System Management Controller (SMC)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "asmc0 at acpi?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for the Apple System Management Controller (SMC), as
found in Intel based Apple devices.
.Pp
The driver possesses a collection of temperature, fan, light, and acceleration
sensor values which are made available through the
.Xr sysctl 8
interface.
.Pp
If available, the keyboard backlight is enabled by the driver and can be
adjusted using the
.Xr wsconsctl 8
variable
.Va keyboard.backlight .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acpi 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr sensorsd 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8 ,
.Xr wsconsctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Ox 5.9 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Joerg Jung Aq Mt jung@openbsd.org .
.Sh CAVEATS
Light sensor values may not be available on older products.
.Pp
Acceleration sensors are not available and the associated interrupt handling is
not implemented.
.Pp
Besides the sensors, the huge amount of other functions and information
available from the SMC is not supported.