CONFIG_ACPI_EC: Embedded Controller

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_ACPI_EC has multiple definitions:

Embedded Controller found in drivers/acpi/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_ACPI_EC:

• prompt: Embedded Controller
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_HAS_IOPORT
• defined in drivers/acpi/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 6.13

Help text

This driver handles communication with the microcontroller on many x86/LoongArch laptops and other machines.

found in drivers/acpi/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_ACPI_EC:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in drivers/acpi/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.27

Help text

This driver is required on some systems for the proper operation of the battery and thermal drivers. If you are compiling for a mobile system, say Y.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb acpi "LNXEC" : CONFIG_ACPI CONFIG_ACPI_EC : drivers/acpi/ec.c # in 6.13
• lkddb acpi "PNP0C09" : CONFIG_ACPI CONFIG_ACPI_EC : drivers/acpi/ec.c # in 2.6.23–2.6.27, 6.13

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• Linux kernel
• Linux Kernel Driver DataBase (LKDDb)

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