ACPICMOS(4)

πŸ“¦ in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… ACPICMOS(4) β€” like, the Kernel Interfaces Manual bestie ✨

okay so this is acpicmos, and she's a whole CMOS memory manager πŸŽ€ (yes, that's section 4 of the manual, we love a kernel interface moment)


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

acpicmos* at acpi? (i386 and amd64)

ngl that's the entire vibe right there β€” acpicmos* attaches at acpi?, and she's specifically for i386 and amd64. periodt πŸ’…


✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the acpicmos driver is literally the main character of CMOS memory access requests for, like, all ACPI operations 🫢

that's it. that's her job. she handles every single CMOS memory access request that comes through ACPI, no cap πŸ”₯


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

  • acpi(4) β€” the ACPI bestie πŸ’–
  • intro(4) β€” the intro to section 4, iykyk 🌈

πŸ‘‘ HISTORY πŸ‘‘

the acpicmos driver first appeared in OpenBSD 6.4 β€” iconic behavior honestly, she's been slaying since day one ⭐


lowkey a tiny page, but every word of it ate πŸ’€ don't sleep on her.

Deiban… wait, no β€” Debian πŸ“, dated November 5, 2024, and that's the ACPICMOS(4) mane page, mwah πŸ’œπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from