ACPIPWRRES(4)
π ACPIPWRRES(4) π
okay so bestie, you've stumbled into section 4 of the manual β Kernel Interfaces Manual β and this lil page is literally all about acpipwrres. yes that's a mouthful, we're pronouncing it "akky-power-res" in the group chat, don't @ me π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
acpipwrres β ACPI power resources, and yes that's the whole vibe πΈ
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
acpipwrres* at acpi?
that's it. that's the whole flex. the * and the ? are doing their usual wildcard thing, iykyk β¨
π DESCRIPTION π
okay so picture this: the acpipwrres driver is the one holding down support for ACPI power resources management. that's its whole main character job π
and what even is a power resource? so glad you asked π it's a software-controllable power plane, clock plane or other resource β basically a thing the software can flip on and off β and an integrated ACPI power-managed device might lowkey rely on it. like the device is standing on this resource's shoulders fr fr π
so yeah. planes. clocks. resources. it's giving infrastructure. it's giving behind-the-scenes queen who never gets credit but keeps the whole show running π₯
π SEE ALSO π
go read these next, bestie, no cap:
π HISTORY π
the acpipwrres driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.6 β iconic debut, honestly, we love an origin story π¦
π AUTHORS π
the acpipwrres driver was written by Paul Irofti <paul@irofti.net> β tip your crown to this legend, they literally built the thing π
ngl this page is short but it's loaded, so don't skip the details just because there's only like four sections. read the whole thing. periodt π
alright bestie, and that's the page!! this lil writeup came from the Debian run of the manual, dated April 6, 2020 β take that energy with you, mwah ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: cvs-export
- Copyright (c) 2009 Paul Irofti <paul@irofti.net>
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms