enable asus wmi and asus nb wmi in kernel

puppet13th · May 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM

i have been building LE from this guide. i'm trying to enable linux kernel driver - platform - asus wmi and asus nb wmi. if i copy kernel config from project/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf to build dir and do make menuconfig that two items did not show up.

if i remove .config and run make menuconfig the two items that i want show up in the menu.

is there any way to enable kernel driver that i need?

**chewitt** · May 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM

Edit project/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf and search for CONFIG_ASUS_WMI .. change it from unset to CONFIG_ASUS_WMI=m and then add CONFIG_ASUS_NB_WMI=m underneath it, save/exit and then rebuild the image with the change. There's really no need to use make menuconfig.

**mglae** · May 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Use (replacing aaa anf bbb):

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PROJECT=aaa ARCH=bbb tools/adjust_kernel_config menuconfig

puppet13th · May 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM

Quote from chewitt

Edit project/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf and search for CONFIG_ASUS_WMI .. change it from unset to CONFIG_ASUS_WMI=m and then add CONFIG_ASUS_NB_WMI=m underneath it, save/exit and then rebuild the image with the change. There's really no need to use make menuconfig.

Quote from mglae
Use (replacing aaa anf bbb):
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PROJECT=aaa ARCH=bbb tools/adjust_kernel_config menuconfig

i will try it and report back. thank you very much.

puppet13th · May 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM

project/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf does not have CONFIG_ASUS_WMI line.so i manually add these lines:

CONFIG_ASUS_WMI=m
CONFIG_ASUS_NB_WMI=m

then i copy project/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf to project/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf.new

i enabled 4 more asus specific kernel driver so i got something like this:

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~/LibreELEC.tv$ cat projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf.new | grep -i asus
# CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
CONFIG_SENSORS_ASUS_WMI=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_ASUS_EC=m
CONFIG_HID_ASUS=y
CONFIG_ASUS_LAPTOP=m
CONFIG_ASUS_WIRELESS=m
CONFIG_ASUS_WMI=m
CONFIG_ASUS_NB_WMI=m
# CONFIG_ASUS_TF103C_DOCK is not set

to make sure that the config persist i ran command:

PROJECT=Generic ARCH=x86_64 tools/adjust_kernel_config menuconfig

i recheck CONFIG_ASUS_WMI=m and CONFIG_ASUS_NB_WMI=m and they where gone from menuconfig, while others 4 still remain. then i save the config and got something like this:

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~/LibreELEC.tv$ cat projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf | grep -i asus
# CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
CONFIG_SENSORS_ASUS_WMI=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_ASUS_EC=m
CONFIG_HID_ASUS=y
CONFIG_ASUS_LAPTOP=m
CONFIG_ASUS_WIRELESS=m
# CONFIG_ASUS_TF103C_DOCK is not set

**chewitt** · May 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM Best Answer

According to https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/ASUS_WMI.html CONFIG_ASUS_WMI=m depends on CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=y which you are not defining so the option is removed (unset) when the defconfig is saved.

The patch below resulted in it being built:

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diff --git a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
index 7307fb40f2..f703fc3145 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
+++ b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
@@ -1679,6 +1679,7 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP=y
 CONFIG_PCI=y
 CONFIG_PCI_DOMAINS=y
 CONFIG_PCIEPORTBUS=y
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE is not set
 CONFIG_PCIEAER=y
 # CONFIG_PCIEAER_INJECT is not set
 # CONFIG_PCIE_ECRC is not set
@@ -1709,7 +1710,11 @@ CONFIG_PCIE_BUS_DEFAULT=y
 # CONFIG_PCIE_BUS_PEER2PEER is not set
 CONFIG_VGA_ARB=y
 CONFIG_VGA_ARB_MAX_GPUS=16
-# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set
+CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=y
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI is not set
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_CPCI is not set
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_OCTEONEP is not set
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_SHPC is not set
 
 #
 # PCI controller drivers
@@ -3663,7 +3668,7 @@ CONFIG_SENSORS_W83627EHF=y
 #
 # CONFIG_SENSORS_ACPI_POWER is not set
 CONFIG_SENSORS_ATK0110=m
-# CONFIG_SENSORS_ASUS_WMI is not set
+CONFIG_SENSORS_ASUS_WMI=m
 # CONFIG_SENSORS_ASUS_EC is not set
 # CONFIG_SENSORS_HP_WMI is not set
 CONFIG_THERMAL=y
@@ -5550,7 +5555,7 @@ CONFIG_HID_A4TECH=y
 # CONFIG_HID_ACRUX is not set
 CONFIG_HID_APPLE=y
 CONFIG_HID_APPLEIR=m
-CONFIG_HID_ASUS=y
+CONFIG_HID_ASUS=m
 CONFIG_HID_AUREAL=y
 CONFIG_HID_BELKIN=y
 # CONFIG_HID_BETOP_FF is not set
@@ -6286,7 +6291,11 @@ CONFIG_WMI_BMOF=y
 # CONFIG_APPLE_GMUX is not set
 # CONFIG_ASUS_LAPTOP is not set
 # CONFIG_ASUS_WIRELESS is not set
+CONFIG_ASUS_WMI=m
+CONFIG_ASUS_NB_WMI=m
 # CONFIG_ASUS_TF103C_DOCK is not set
+# CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP is not set
+# CONFIG_EEEPC_WMI is not set
 # CONFIG_X86_PLATFORM_DRIVERS_DELL is not set
 # CONFIG_AMILO_RFKILL is not set
 # CONFIG_FUJITSU_LAPTOP is not set

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CONFIG_SENSORS_ASUS_EC=m
CONFIG_ASUS_LAPTOP=m
CONFIG_ASUS_WIRELESS=m

puppet13th · May 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM

adding CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=y to the config file do the trick, now these two module persist in kernel config. thank you very much for your help.

**vpeter** · May 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM

Quote from mglae
Use (replacing aaa anf bbb):
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PROJECT=aaa ARCH=bbb tools/adjust_kernel_config menuconfig

Doesn't this ^^^^ makes new config file?

This seems to work

--- a 2025-05-23 12:48:28.670196285 +0200
+++ b 2025-05-23 12:39:12.074292019 +0200
@@ -1680,6 +1680,7 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_DOMAINS=y
CONFIG_PCIEPORTBUS=y
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE is not set
CONFIG_PCIEAER=y
# CONFIG_PCIEAER_INJECT is not set
# CONFIG_PCIE_ECRC is not set
@@ -1710,7 +1711,11 @@ CONFIG_PCIE_BUS_DEFAULT=y
# CONFIG_PCIE_BUS_PEER2PEER is not set
CONFIG_VGA_ARB=y
CONFIG_VGA_ARB_MAX_GPUS=16
-# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set
+CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=y
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI is not set
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_CPCI is not set
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_OCTEONEP is not set
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_SHPC is not set

#
# PCI controller drivers
@@ -2843,7 +2848,7 @@ CONFIG_NET_FAILOVER=y
CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_INPUT_LEDS=y
CONFIG_INPUT_FF_MEMLESS=y
-# CONFIG_INPUT_SPARSEKMAP is not set
+CONFIG_INPUT_SPARSEKMAP=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_MATRIXKMAP is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_VIVALDIFMAP=y

@@ -5552,7 +5557,7 @@ CONFIG_HID_A4TECH=y
# CONFIG_HID_ACRUX is not set
CONFIG_HID_APPLE=y
CONFIG_HID_APPLEIR=m
-CONFIG_HID_ASUS=y
+CONFIG_HID_ASUS=m
CONFIG_HID_AUREAL=y
CONFIG_HID_BELKIN=y
# CONFIG_HID_BETOP_FF is not set
@@ -6288,7 +6293,11 @@ CONFIG_WMI_BMOF=y
# CONFIG_APPLE_GMUX is not set
# CONFIG_ASUS_LAPTOP is not set
# CONFIG_ASUS_WIRELESS is not set
+CONFIG_ASUS_WMI=m
+CONFIG_ASUS_NB_WMI=m
# CONFIG_ASUS_TF103C_DOCK is not set
+# CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP is not set
+# CONFIG_EEEPC_WMI is not set
# CONFIG_X86_PLATFORM_DRIVERS_DELL is not set
# CONFIG_AMILO_RFKILL is not set
# CONFIG_FUJITSU_LAPTOP is not set

**mglae** · May 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM

Quote from vpeter

Doesn't this ^^^^ makes new config file?

You can save any time or are asked at the end.

Other kernel *config options do work too.