[Bug 216753] ACPI documentation needs cleaning up

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216753

            Bug ID: 216753
           Summary: ACPI documentation needs cleaning up
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: avg at FreeBSD.org

Taking for instance this handbook chapter:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/acpi-overview.html

I think that nowadays we can safely remove the language about APM as it is not
used anymore.
Chapter 11.13.1 incorrectly states that acpi should not be compiled into the
kernel while exactly the opposite is the case for the modern FreeBSD.
Same chapter advises to try to disable acpi as a debugging measure, but the
most likely outcome of that is an unbootable system.

Generally, all the mentions of acpi.ko module should be changed to refer to the
acpi kernel device.  All advice on disabling acpi and apic should be removed.
We should change the language that describes ACPI as something new and buggy as
nowadays ACPI is very well supported and tested.

Some of that medicine should also be applied to
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?acpi as well.

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