The driver is gated by DMI matching; only models in the "tested" column
will be probed. Everything else falls through to acer_wmi.
- ✅ working — feature confirmed by the maintainer or a reproducible report
- 🟡 partial — loads, hardware responds, but not all sub-features
- ❌ broken — known not to work, do not enable
- ⬜ untested — no data either way; do not enable
system-product-name |
BIOS range | RGB | Turbo | Fans | Battery | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predator PH16-71 | INSYDE V1.16 (2023-11-02) | ⬜ HID-PERKEY path planned | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ | primary target — 04F2:0117 USB HID, codename Helios_16_Discovery_RTX |
| Predator PHN16-71 | (Linuwu-Sense) | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ | Helios Neo — different chassis, EC/WMI 4-zone keyboard | |
| Predator PHN16-72 | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ | ⬜ | ||
| add as reports come in |
- Collect the machine's identity:
cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_nameand the keyboard's USB id fromlsusb(the PH16-71 is04F2:0117). - Open an issue with that info, plus the contents of
/sys/class/venator/once the module is loaded (or a note that the keyboard stays dark). - If the USB-HID id and WMI GUIDs match the PH16-71, add a DMI match row
in
kernel/venator-main.cand a row to this table. - If they differ, treat it as a new target and coordinate in the issue before enabling — the wire protocol may not be identical.