Index: asus.h
===================================================================
--- asus.h	(revision 445338)
+++ asus.h	(working copy)
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
 		int readProcEntry(const QString &);
 		
 		void clearStruct(asus_state_struct& asus_state);
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_FREEBSD
+		int brightness_mib[4];
+		int backlight_mib[4];
+		int video_mib[4];
+#endif
 };
 
 #endif
Index: asus.cpp
===================================================================
--- asus.cpp	(revision 445338)
+++ asus.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 
 #include "asus.h"
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_FREEBSD
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#endif
+
 #define ROUND(x) (int(x + 0.5))
 
 namespace KMilo {
@@ -50,12 +55,27 @@
 	kdDebug() << "loading asus kmilo plugin" << endl;
 	// we need to read the /proc file system and store the current values into a struct
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_FREEBSD
+	/*
+	 * Check if the sysctls are in place by looking up their MIBs.
+	 * Caching the MIBs results in a major speedup.
+	 */
+	size_t len = 4;
+	if ( sysctlnametomib("hw.acpi.asus.lcd_brightness", brightness_mib, &len) == -1 ||
+	     sysctlnametomib("hw.acpi.asus.lcd_backlight", backlight_mib, &len) == -1 ||
+	     sysctlnametomib("hw.acpi.asus.video_output", video_mib, &len) == -1 )
+	{
+		kdDebug() << "The driver's sysctls don't seem to exist, check that the acpi_asus module is loaded" << endl;
+		return false;
+	}
+#else
 	QDir dir("/proc/acpi/asus");
 	if (!dir.exists())
 	{
-		kdDebug() << "/proc/acpi/asus doesn't exist, check asus_acpi modules is loaded" << endl;
+		kdDebug() << "/proc/acpi/asus doesn't exist, check that the asus_acpi module is loaded" << endl;
 		return false;
 	}
+#endif
 	else
 	{
 		clearStruct(asus_state);
@@ -139,11 +159,25 @@
 
 bool AsusMonitor::readProc(asus_state_struct* asus_state)
 {
+#ifdef Q_OS_FREEBSD
+	int value;
+	size_t value_len = sizeof(value);
+
+	if ( sysctl(brightness_mib, 4, &value, &value_len, NULL, 0) != -1 )
+		asus_state->brightness = value;
+
+	if ( sysctl(backlight_mib, 4, &value, &value_len, NULL, 0) != -1 )
+		asus_state->lcd = value;
+
+	if ( sysctl(video_mib, 4, &value, &value_len, NULL, 0) != -1 )
+		asus_state->display = value;
+#else
 	asus_state->brightness = readProcEntry(QString("brn"));
 	asus_state->lcd = readProcEntry(QString("lcd"));
 	//disabled because it does not yet work on my S5200N (asus_acpi bug)
 	//asus_state->display = readProcEntry(QString("disp"));
 	//FIXME
+#endif
 	return true;
 }