Re: acpi0 device

From: Polytropon <freebsd_at_edvax.de>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:47:34 UTC 
On Mon, 5 Feb 2024 13:03:33 -0600, Doug McIntyre wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 01:27:30PM +0100, Rocky Hotas wrote:
> > But what does it exactly represent? Is it just a logical starting point
> > for the device tree, or is there some physical device behind it?
>
> Its the abstracted version of the X86/X64 hardware/BIOS on all modern hardware for the OS layer.
>
> Starting with the Wikipedia page would be a good intro.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACPI

Also don't underestimate the power of the locally installed
documentation:

	$ man 4 acpi

You get a good overview of the general function of the device
and the associated sysctls, as well as configuration options
for the loader.


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