acpi_dock(4)

acpi_dock4

Laptop docking station device driver

Usage

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device acpi_dock

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

acpi_dock_load="YES"

Overview

The acpi_dock driver provides support for laptop docking stations.

Releases

44 releases since FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE; the text changed 30 times.

  1. 7.0
  2. 7.1
  3. 7.2
  4. 7.3
  5. 7.4
  6. 8.0
  7. 8.1
  8. 8.2
  9. 8.3
  10. 8.4
  11. 9.0
  12. 9.1
  13. 9.2
  14. 9.3
  15. 10.0
  16. 10.1
  17. 10.2
  18. 10.3
  19. 10.4
  20. 11.0
  21. 11.1
  22. 11.2
  23. 11.3
  24. 11.4
  25. 12.0
  26. 12.1
  27. 12.2
  28. 12.3
  29. 12.4
  30. 13.0–13.2
  31. 13.3–16.0

History

The acpi_dock device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

Authors

The acpi_dock device driver was written by Mitsuru IWASAKI ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.