Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:10:07 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: docs/43528: ACPI is not documented in the Handbook. Message-ID: <200209301710.g8UHA7el030856@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/43528; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: murray@FreeBSD.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: docs/43528: ACPI is not documented in the Handbook. Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:09:23 -0400 (EDT) On 30-Sep-2002 murray@FreeBSD.org wrote: > >>Number: 43528 >>Category: docs >>Synopsis: ACPI is not documented in the Handbook. >>Confidential: no >>Severity: serious >>Priority: high >>Responsible: freebsd-doc >>State: open >>Quarter: >>Keywords: >>Date-Required: >>Class: doc-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Mon Sep 30 09:20:01 PDT 2002 >>Closed-Date: >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: >>Release: FreeBSD 4.7-RC i386 >>Organization: > FreeBSD Mall, Inc. >>Environment: > System: FreeBSD builder.freebsdmall.com 4.7-RC FreeBSD 4.7-RC #17: Sun Sep 29 15:18:19 PDT 2002 > murray@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BUILDER i386 > >>Description: > > ACPI is not documented at all in the Handbook. It does not show up in > the INDEX. Multiple pages of user documentation need to be written > for the Handbook to show users how to accomplish basic tasks with > ACPI. > > How do you suspend a laptop with ACPI? What different suspend options > are available? What is the difference between them? The same exact way you do with apm. I.e. close the lid, hit the suspend key, etc. Is this even documented for apm(8)? > How do you use CPU throttling? You don't for the most part, that is behind the scenes. > What do common ACPI error messages mean? I don't even know what most of those are. :( Almost everything ACPI gives you is transparent. The same interface that apm used is supported, so battery status applets that work with APM will work with ACPI. The only difference is new features may work such as hitting the suspend key on the keyboard actually working and hitting the power button actually doing a clean power down and soft off. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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