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.Dd January 7, 2006
.Dt ACPITIMER 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm acpitimer
.Nd ACPI power management timer
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "acpitimer* at acpi?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver allows access to a power management timer through the ACPI.
The timer is used as a timecounter for the
.Xr tc_init 9
framework.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acpi 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr tc_init 9
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Ox 3.8 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Thorsten Lockert Aq tholo@sigmasoft.com .