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PMU(4)			powerpc Kernel Interfaces Manual		  PMU(4)

NAME
     pmu -- Apple PMU99 Power Management Driver

SYNOPSIS
     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
     kernel configuration file:

	   device adb
	   device pmu

DESCRIPTION
     The  pmu  driver provides support for the Power Management Unit (PMU) found
     in Apple Core99 hardware.	This includes late G3 laptops, all G4  machines,
     early G5 desktops and all G5 XServes.

     The  Apple  PMU controller is a multi-purpose ASIC that provides power man-
     agement and thermal control, as well as an ADB bus for  the  internal  key-
     board and mouse on laptops.

HARDWARE
     Chips supported by the pmu driver include:

     *	 Apple KeyLargo PMU
     *	 Apple K2-KeyLargo PMU

SYSCTL VARIABLES
     The  pmu driver provides power management services in addition to an adb(4)
     interface.  The following sysctls can be used to control the power  manage-
     ment behavior and to examine current system power and thermal conditions.

     dev.pmu.%d.server_mode
	     Restart after power failure behavior (1 causes system to reboot af-
	     ter power cut, 0 causes system to remain off).

     dev.pmu.%d.batteries.%d.present
	     Indicates whether the relevant battery is inserted.

     dev.pmu.%d.batteries.%d.charging
	     Indicates whether the battery is currently charging.

     dev.pmu.%d.batteries.%d.charge
	     The current battery charge, in milliamp hours.

     dev.pmu.%d.batteries.%d.maxcharge
	     The battery's self-reported maximum charge, in milliamp hours.

     dev.pmu.%d.batteries.%d.rate
	     The  current  into the battery, in milliamps.  While the battery is
	     discharging, this will be negative.

     dev.pmu.%d.batteries.%d.voltage
	     Battery voltage, in millivolts.

     dev.pmu.%d.batteries.%d.time
	     Estimated time until full battery charge (or  discharge),	in  min-
	     utes.

     dev.pmu.%d.batteries.%d.life
	     Current fraction of the battery's maximum charge, in percent.

SEE ALSO
     acpi(4), adb(4), led(4)

HISTORY
     The pmu device driver appeared in NetBSD 4.0, and then in FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS
     The  pmu  driver  was  written  by Michael Lorenz <macallan@NetBSD.org> and
     ported to FreeBSD by Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD ports 15.1		December 6, 2008			  PMU(4)

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