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The second worst type of coder in the world is the kind that [http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/so-i-married-a-kernel-programmer shows up with a bloody shovel]. The worst kind is a BIOS coder. This tradition has been proudly maintained by a Purple Sash Society of BIOS programmers ("enumerators", "scribes", whatever), primarily illiterate folk from Alberta and [http://dankamongmen.livejournal.com/#entry_298962 Thailand]. Anyway, on to ACPI, a creation of the [http://www.acpi.info/ Advanced Configuration and Power Interface] group. | The second worst type of coder in the world is the kind that [http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/so-i-married-a-kernel-programmer shows up with a bloody shovel]. The worst kind is a BIOS coder. This tradition has been proudly maintained by a Purple Sash Society of BIOS programmers ("enumerators", "scribes", whatever), primarily illiterate folk from Alberta and [http://dankamongmen.livejournal.com/#entry_298962 Thailand]. Anyway, on to ACPI, a creation of the [http://www.acpi.info/ Advanced Configuration and Power Interface] group. | ||
==DSDT== | |||
Differentiated System Description Tables. | |||
==acpidump/acpixtract== | |||
<tt>acpidump</tt> differs subtly and annoyingly between [[Debian]] and [[FreeBSD]]. | <tt>acpidump</tt> differs subtly and annoyingly between [[Debian]] and [[FreeBSD]]. | ||
<pre>[recombinator](0) $ sudo acpidump -o recombinator.acpi | <pre>[recombinator](0) $ sudo acpidump -o recombinator.acpi | ||
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* [http://www.acpi.info/spec30a.htm ACPI 3.0a] specification | * [http://www.acpi.info/spec30a.htm ACPI 3.0a] specification | ||
* [http://www.acpi.info/spec30.htm ACPI 3.0] specification | * [http://www.acpi.info/spec30.htm ACPI 3.0] specification | ||
==See also== | |||
* [http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/ Linux ACPI] page at http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/ | |||
* Legacy info regarding [http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php Linux DSDT] replacement | |||
* Intel's [http://www.intel.com/technology/IAPC/acpi/ ACPI] page, including <tt>iasl</tt>. | |||
