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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. | Not to be confused with [[APIC]]. | ||
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. | |||
<tt>acpidump</tt> differs subtly and annoyingly between [[Debian]] and [[FreeBSD]]. | <tt>acpidump</tt> differs subtly and annoyingly between [[Debian]] and [[FreeBSD]]. | ||
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Disassembly completed, written to "DSDT.dsl" | Disassembly completed, written to "DSDT.dsl" | ||
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==Specifications== | |||
The current version is 3.0, amended as 3.0a. Version 4.0 is under development. | |||
* [http://www.acpi.info/spec30a.htm ACPI 3.0a] specification | |||
* [http://www.acpi.info/spec30.htm ACPI 3.0] specification | |||
