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1 | .\" $NetBSD: acpicpu.4,v 1.3 2010/08/09 06:40:33 jruoho Exp $ | | 1 | .\" $NetBSD: acpicpu.4,v 1.4 2010/08/09 10:57:23 wiz Exp $ |
2 | .\" | | 2 | .\" |
3 | .\" Coyright (c) 2010 Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen@iki.fi> | | 3 | .\" Coyright (c) 2010 Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen@iki.fi> |
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33 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | | 33 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
34 | .Cd "acpicpu* at acpi?" | | 34 | .Cd "acpicpu* at acpi?" |
35 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | | 35 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
36 | The | | 36 | The |
37 | .Nm | | 37 | .Nm |
38 | device driver supports certain processor features that are | | 38 | device driver supports certain processor features that are |
39 | either only available via | | 39 | either only available via |
40 | .Tn ACPI | | 40 | .Tn ACPI |
41 | or that require | | 41 | or that require |
42 | .Tn ACPI | | 42 | .Tn ACPI |
43 | to function properly. | | 43 | to function properly. |
44 | Typically the | | 44 | Typically the |
45 | .Tn ACPI | | 45 | .Tn ACPI |
46 | processor functionality is grouped into so-called C, P, and T -states. | | 46 | processor functionality is grouped into so-called C-, P-, and T-states. |
47 | Presently, | | 47 | Presently, |
48 | .Nm | | 48 | .Nm |
49 | supports C and P -states. | | 49 | supports C- and P-states. |
50 | .Ss C-states | | 50 | .Ss C-states |
51 | The processor power states, or C-states, | | 51 | The processor power states, or C-states, |
52 | are low-power modes that can be used when the | | 52 | are low-power modes that can be used when the |
53 | .Tn CPU | | 53 | .Tn CPU |
54 | is idle. | | 54 | is idle. |
55 | The idea is not new: already in the | | 55 | The idea is not new: already in the |
56 | .Tn 80486 | | 56 | .Tn 80486 |
57 | processor a specific instruction | | 57 | processor a specific instruction |
58 | .Pq Tn HLT | | 58 | .Pq Tn HLT |
59 | was used for this purpose. | | 59 | was used for this purpose. |
60 | This was later accompanied by a pair of other instructions | | 60 | This was later accompanied by a pair of other instructions |
61 | .Pq Tn MONITOR , MWAIT . | | 61 | .Pq Tn MONITOR , MWAIT . |
62 | By default, | | 62 | By default, |