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author | Michael Knudsen <mk@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-10-03 20:37:42 +0000 |
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committer | Michael Knudsen <mk@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-10-03 20:37:42 +0000 |
commit | 288cae0148047b37b074b2568899f36a98bf5e04 (patch) | |
tree | 7a93b4ca692fd19d80b5e6e1fccc462b5584848d /share | |
parent | 7f478f8c479940e1a6dfd19ec42755dd7da7b89e (diff) |
Document acpiac, acpiec, and acpitz.
From Dmitri Alenitchev with tweaking from jmc and myself.
ok jmc
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/acpi.4 | 58 |
1 files changed, 52 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/acpi.4 b/share/man/man4/acpi.4 index 8e334dc8feb..f5053f2a8db 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/acpi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/acpi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: acpi.4,v 1.8 2006/10/02 19:39:54 mk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: acpi.4,v 1.9 2006/10/03 20:37:41 mk Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2006 Alexander Yurchenko <grange@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -19,15 +19,21 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm acpi , +.Nm acpiac , .Nm acpibat , +.Nm acpiec , .Nm acpihpet , -.Nm acpitimer +.Nm acpitimer , +.Nm acpitz .Nd Advanced Configuration and Power Interface .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "acpi0 at mainbus?" +.Cd "acpiac* at acpi?" .Cd "acpibat* at acpi?" +.Cd "acpiec* at acpi?" .Cd "acpihpet* at acpi?" .Cd "acpitimer* at acpi?" +.Cd "acpitz* at acpi?" .Pp .Cd "option ACPIVERBOSE" .Cd "option ACPI_ENABLE" @@ -39,6 +45,11 @@ the firmware, parsing and interpreting AML code, event handling, suspending and powering off, and attaching device drivers. .Pp The +.Nm acpiec +driver provides access to ACPI Embedded Controllers for other ACPI devices. +AC power source status is updated every 10 seconds. +.Pp +The .Nm acpibat driver supports the ACPI Control Method Battery interface between the battery and the host. @@ -47,6 +58,22 @@ and serial number, is available through this driver. Battery status is updated every 10 seconds. .Pp The +.Nm acpiec +driver supports ACPI Embedded Controllers. +It provides embedded controller access for other ACPI devices. +On many systems +which have an +.Nm acpiec +device, other ACPI devices such as +.Nm acpiac , +.Nm acpibat , +and +.Nm acpitz +implicitly depend on the +.Nm acpiec +device. +.Pp +The .Nm acpihpet driver provides support for the high precision event timer to be used as a timecounter for the @@ -60,6 +87,15 @@ The timer is used as a timecounter for the .Xr tc_init 9 framework. .Pp +The +.Nm acpitz +driver supports ACPI Thermal Zones. +Temperature information is available through this driver as a sensor +which is updated every 10 seconds. +.\" If the temperature exceeds the +.\" .Sq critical +.\" temperature threshold, the system will be shut down. +.Pp If the configuration option .Dq Dv ACPIVERBOSE is set, information about all detected ACPI devices will be displayed @@ -75,7 +111,7 @@ WARNING: this may cause an overheating on some machines since doesn't provide any thermal or cooling control. .Pp Some devices, such as -.Nm acpibat , +.Nm acpiac , provide hardware information via sensors that can be monitored using .Xr sysctl 8 @@ -89,10 +125,13 @@ or .Sh HISTORY The .Nm acpi , +.Nm acpiac , .Nm acpibat , +.Nm acpiec , .Nm acpihpet , +.Nm acpitimer , and -.Nm acpitimer +.Nm acpitz drivers first appeared in .Ox 3.8 . .Sh AUTHORS @@ -105,9 +144,16 @@ and drivers were written by .An Thorsten Lockert Aq tholo@sigmasoft.com . The -.Nm acpibat -driver was written by +.Nm acpiac , +.Nm acpibat , +and +.Nm acpitz +drivers were written by .An Marco Peereboom Aq marco@openbsd.org . +The +.Nm acpiec +driver was written by +.An Can Erkin Acar Aq canacar@openbsd.org . .Sh BUGS Some systems do not propagate battery insertion up to the driver. .Pp |