ACPISBS(4)
π¦ ACPISBS(4) β the ACPI Smart Battery subsystem, bestie edition π
okay so real talk, this is the acpisbs manual page β section 4 of the Kernel Interfaces Manual if you're keeping track β and it's giving "small but mighty" energy ngl. Let me spill the whole thing, every crumb, no gatekeeping π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
like, how do you even summon this thing? simple:
acpisbs* at acpi?
that's it. that's the whole ritual π―οΈ
π DESCRIPTION π
okay so the acpisbs driver is the one that holds down the ACPI Smart Battery subsystem β she's the main character here π. What she does is provide information about the Smart Battery devices contained within it. lowkey iconic.
Now the tea on updates: battery status is refreshed every 30 seconds β±οΈ, and it also updates in response to events coming from the subsystem. so like, she's not just on a timer, she's listening too. multi-talented fr fr.
And how do you actually look at all this battery info? two ways, bestie:
sysctl(8)β classic, reliable π«Άsensorsd(8)β also slay
π SEE ALSO π
go read these too, i'm not asking:
acpi(4)acpibat(4)intro(4)sensorsd(8)sysctl(8)
π§ HISTORY π§
the acpisbs driver first appeared in OpenBSD 6.1. a whole era π
πΈ AUTHORS πΈ
the acpisbs driver was written by joshua stein <jcs@openbsd.org>. we love a credited king π
π CAVEATS π
heads up bestie: the acpisbs driver does not currently support more than one battery. one battery only. that's the whole vibe. if you were hoping for a little multi-battery situation, not today π
so yeah, that's the whole page! tiny manpage, huge energy β
sign-off time: this page came from Debian, dated March 30, 2017 β that's the source/version + date situation at the bottom of the original, and now you know it, bestie π iykyk π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: cvs-export
- Copyright (c) 2017 joshua stein <jcs@openbsd.org>
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms