ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is the defacto standard to replace APM. As such, it’s becoming increasingly important for full support on newer machines, as legacy support for APM is waning and ACPI-only machines become more common. Recently there was a flurry of commits related to ACPI, which got the attention of some people running -current with ACPI enabled kernels. In this interview we get a peek at what’s been happening with ACPI and where it’s headed.
Link: undeadly.org
Category:
- BSD
