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Supported Hardware

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is an optional device. Most of the supported laptop series can support a bluetooth module, but many don't have one. So, just because you have a bluetooth button, doesn't mean you actually have a bluetooth module in your laptop.

Unfortunately, we can't detect this on acer_acpi (on WMID, if you try to write to this, you'll get an error message in dmesg. On AMW0, this will just fail silently).

WMID Users

Mail LED

This is only supported on some WMID laptops by driving it through the Embedded Controller. To test this on another WMID laptop, load acer_acpi with "force_series=2490".

3G

Unless you have specifically bought a 3G model, you don't have this built in.

Acer lists such laptops twice - in the case of the Aspire 5680, there is the 'Aspire 5680-3G' and the 'Aspire 5680'.

Unless you have bought the -3G version of a laptop series, you don't have 3G (unfortunately, we can't tell them apart in acer_acpi).

Introduction

To summarise: the driver only supports those laptops that have an ACPI-WMI device (defined in your laptops DSDT). So, any laptop that doesn't provide this device is not supported.

acer_acpi is not limited to just Acer laptops - we know at least one Fujitsu Siemens and one Medion laptop use the same ACPI-WMI interface as Acer.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to tell by the hardware alone which laptop series require acer_acpi. The chances are, if you need to install LaunchManager or the Mobility Center add-on in Windows just to turn on your wireless, bluetooth, etc, then you probably need this driver.

If you discover your hardware is supported by acer_acpi and it is not listed here, please send a dump of /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT to me (carlos(@)strangeworlds.co.uk), also listing the make and model of your laptop.

If your hardware is not listed on either supported or unsupported, and acer_acpi does not load, please send me the dump of /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT (/proc/acpi/dsdt on older kernels) and the make and model anyway, as that way we can decide if acer_acpi just needs tweaking to work on your hardware, or so we can definitely rule out your hardware as compatible.

If your hardware is listed as not having a dump available, please send one - we are looking into any additional functionality that acer_acpi can expose (which, at the moment, seems to be none).

All of our available DSDT dumps (translated to readable ASL) can be found in the Subversion repository

Legend:

  • u = Unconfirmed (Taken from the internet, please confirm if you have this model)
  • c = Confirmed (We have been told that this works, or confirmed that it doesn't)
  • d = DSDT available
  • dw = DSDT wanted (Please submit yours to us)
  • n = No WMI ACPI interface, will not support
  • r = New WMI ACPI interface, requires reverse engineering
  • k = Requires a keyboard quirk to enable multimedia keys
  • 1 = AMW0 interface
  • 2 = WMID interface
  • 3 = AMW0 v2 interface (AMW0 and WMID)
  • 4 = WMID v2 interface (new, UNSUPPORTED)

Supported

This list is very incomplete. These are only the models that have been reported back to us as working - if your laptop works and is not on here, please report back.

Acer

Aspire
  • 1360 series [c,d,1 - BIOS version 1.11 or newer only]
  • 1520 series [c,d,1 - BIOS version 1.11 or newer only]
  • 2920 series [c,d,3]
  • 3010 series [c,dw,1]
  • 3020 series [c,dw,1]
  • 3040 series [u,dw,3]
  • 3050 series [c,d,2]
  • 3100 series [c,d,2]
  • 3610 series [c,d,1]
  • 3620 series [c,d,3]
  • 3680 series [c,d,2]
  • 3690 series [c,d,2]
  • 3930 series [c,d,3]
  • 4520 series [c,d,2]
  • 4530 series [c,d,2]
  • 4315 series [c,d,3]
  • 4710 series [c,d,3]
  • 4720 series [c,d,2]
  • 4920 series [c,d,3]
  • 5010 series [c,d,1]
  • 5020 series [c,d,1]
  • 5040 series [c,d,3]
  • 5050 series [c,d,2]
  • 5100 series [c,d,2]
  • 5315 series [c,d,2]
  • 5520 series [c,d,2]
  • 5560 series [c,d,3]
  • 5570 series [c,d,2]
  • 5580 series [c,d,2]
  • 5600 series [c,d,2]
  • 5610 series [c,d,2]
  • 5630 series [c,d,2,k]
  • 5650 series [c,d,2,k]
  • 5670 series [c,d,2]
  • 5710 series [c,d,2]
  • 5715 series [c,d,2] (Confirmed by DMI)
  • 5720 series [c,d,2]
  • 5680 series [c,d,2,k]
  • 5920 series [c,d,2]
  • 5930 series [c,d,3]
  • 7110 series [c,d,3]
  • 7220 series [c,d,2]
  • 7520 series [c,d,2]
  • 7720 series [c,d,2]
  • 9110 series [c,d,2]
  • 9300 series [c,d,3]
  • 9420 series [c,d,3]
  • 9810 series [c,d,2]
Extensa
  • 4010 series [c,d,2]
  • 4220 series [c,d,3]
  • 5010 series [c,d,2]
  • 5220 series [c,d,3]
  • 5620 series [c,d,3]
  • 5630 series [c,d,2]
  • 7630 series [c,d,2]
Ferrari
  • 1000 series [c,d,2]
  • 1100 series [c,d,3]
  • 5000 series [c,d,2]
Travelmate
  • 2410 series [c,d,1]
  • 2420 series [c,d,3]
  • 2450 series [c,d,2]
  • 2480 series [c,d,2]
  • 2490 series [c,d,2,k]
  • 3010 series [c,d,2]
  • 3040 series [c,d,2]
  • 3260 series [c,d,2]
  • 3620 series [c,d,2]
  • 4200 series [c,d,2]
  • 4220 series [c,d,2]
  • 4230 series [c,d,2]
  • 4280 series [c,d,2]
  • 4400 series [c,d,1]
  • 4730 series [c,d,2]
  • 5320 series [c,d,3]
  • 5520 series [c,d,3]
  • 5620 series [c,d,3]
  • 5720 series [c,d,3]
  • 6290 series [c,d,3]
  • 6292 series [c,d,3] - Confirmed via DMI
  • 6490 series [c,d,2]
  • 6590 series [c,d,2]
  • 7510 series [c,d,3]
  • 7520 series [c,d,3]
  • 7720 series [c,d,3]
  • 8210 series [c,d,1]

Fujitsu Siemens

Amilo
  • A1650 [c,d,1]

Medion

MD
  • 98300 [c,d,1]

TODO

The following laptops use a new WMI interface (which I've titled 'WMID v2'). This will need to be reverse engineered before these laptops will work with acer-wmi.

Acer

Aspire
  • 4730 series [c,n,4]
  • 6390 series [c,n,4]

Unsupported

This list is very incomplete. The models listed here are the ones known to absolutely not work with this driver - if you have one of these: it is not, cannot and will not be supported by acer_acpi. (Some of these might be useable with acerhk, or the wireless/ bluetooth switches may be hardware driven instead and not require any software).

Acer

Aspire
  • One series [c,d,2 - But the WMI implementation on this laptop doesn't actually do anything]
  • 1300 series [c,d,n]
  • 1310 series [c,d,n]
  • 1350 series [c,d,n]
  • 1360 series [u,d,n - Pre 1.11 BIOS (upgrade your BIOS to at least 1.11 to get WMI)]
  • 1410 series [c,d,n]
  • 1500 series [c,d,n (x86-64 capable)]
  • 1510 series [c,d,n (x86-64 capable)]
  • 1520 series [c,d,n (x86-64 capable) - Pre 1.11 BIOS (upgrade your BIOS to at least 1.11 to get WMI)]
  • 1640 series [c,d,n]
  • 1650 series [c,d,n]
  • 1670 series [c,dw,n]
  • 1680 series [c,d,n]
  • 1690 series [c,d,n]
  • 1700 series [c,d,n]
  • 2010 series [c,dw,n]
  • 3000 series [c,d,n]
  • 3030 series [u,dw,n]
  • 3500 series [c,d,n]
  • 3630 series [c,d,n]
  • 5000 series [c,d,n (x86-64 capable)]
  • 5030 series [c,d,n (x86-64 capable)]
  • 5500 series [c,d,n]
  • 5510 series [c,dw,n]
Extensa
  • 2900 series [c,d,n]
  • 4100 series [c,d,n]
  • 6700 series [c,d,n]
Ferrari
  • 3400 series [c,d,n]
  • 4000 series [c,d,n (x86-64 capable)]
Travelmate
  • C100 series [c,d,n]
  • C200 series [c,dw,n - has AMW0 device, but no WMAB method]
  • C300 series [c,d,n]
  • C310 series [c,d,n]
  • 220 series [c,d,n]
  • 240 series [c,d,n]
  • 290 series [c,d,n]
  • 350 series [c,dw,n]
  • 380 series [c,d,n]
  • 420 series [c,dw,n]
  • 430 series [c,dw,n,k]
  • 520 series [c,d,n]
  • 610 series [c,d,n]
  • 650 series [c,d,n]
  • 800 series [c,d,n]
  • 2200 series [c,dw,n]
  • 2300 series [c,d,n]
  • 2400 series [c,d,n]
  • 2700 series [c,dw,n]
  • 3000 series [c,dw,n]
  • 3200 series [c,d,n]
  • 4000 series [c,d,n]
  • 4020 series [c,d,n]
  • 4050 series [c,d,n]
  • 4100 series [c,d,n]
  • 4150 series [c,d,n]
  • 4500 series [c,d,n]
  • 4600 series [c,dw,n]
  • 4650 series [c,d,n]
  • 8100 series [c,d,n]

Compal

  • CL56 [c,d,n]

Prestigio

Nobile
  • 157 [c,d,n]

Medion

MD
  • 42200 [c,d,n]
  • 95400 [c,d,n]
  • 96500 [c,d,n]

Unknown

I have no information on these laptops either way - reports from the field (with DSDTs) would be much appreciated. (This list is also very incomplete).

Acer

Aspire
  • 2420 series [u,dw]
  • 4310 series [u,dw]
  • 4320 series [u,dw]
  • 5110 series [u,dw]
  • 5310 series [u,dw]
  • 5320 series [u,dw]
  • 5590 series [u,dw]
  • 5630 series [u,dw]
  • 5910 series [u,dw]
  • 7000 series [u,dw]
  • 7220 series [u,dw]
  • 7520 series [u,dw]
  • 9120 series [u,dw]
  • 9410 series [u,dw]
  • 9510 series [u,dw]
  • 9520 series [u,dw]
  • 9800 series [u,dw]
  • 9810 series [u,dw]
  • 9920 series [u,dw]
TravelMate
  • C210 series [u,dw]
  • 3020 series [u,dw]
  • 3040 series [u,dw]
  • 3270 series [u,dw]
  • 3290 series [u,dw]
  • 4260 series [u,dw]
  • 4270 series [u,dw]
  • 4320 series [u,dw]
  • 4520 series [u,dw]
  • 4720 series [u,dw]
  • 5220 series [u,dw]
  • 5310 series [u,dw]
  • 5610 series [u,dw] - Maybe supported, same manual as 5620
  • 6291 series [u,dw] - Strange name, taken from Acer's website
  • 6410 series [u,dw]
  • 6460 series [u,dw]
  • 7220 series [u,dw]
  • 7720 series [u,dw]