ACPISBS(4)

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πŸ¦‹ ACPISBS(4) β€” the ACPI Smart Battery subsystem, bestie edition πŸŽ€

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 πŸ’…


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, how do you even summon this thing? simple:

acpisbs* at acpi?

that's it. that's the whole ritual πŸ•―οΈ


πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

okay so the acpisbs driver is the one that holds down the ACPI Smart Battery subsystem β€” she's the main character here πŸ‘‘. 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 ⏱️, 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 🫢
  • sensorsd(8) β€” also slay

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these too, i'm not asking:


🧚 HISTORY 🧚

the acpisbs driver first appeared in OpenBSD 6.1. a whole era πŸ’œ


🌸 AUTHORS 🌸

the acpisbs driver was written by joshua stein <jcs@openbsd.org>. we love a credited king πŸ™Œ


πŸ’€ CAVEATS πŸ’€

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 😭

so yeah, that's the whole page! tiny manpage, huge energy ⭐

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 πŸŽ€ iykyk πŸ’–

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from
  • nixpkgs unstable: cvs-export
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