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ACPI(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual ACPI(4) NAME acpi -- Advanced Configuration and Power Management support SYNOPSIS device acpi options ACPI_DEBUG options DDB DESCRIPTION The acpi driver provides support for the Intel/Microsoft/Compaq/Toshiba ACPI standard. This support includes platform hardware discovery (super- seding the PnP and PCI BIOS), as well as power management (superseding APM) and other features. ACPI core support is provided by the ACPI CA reference implementation from Intel. Note that the acpi driver is automatically loaded by the loader(8), and should only be compiled into the kernel on platforms where ACPI is manda- tory. SYSCTL VARIABLES The acpi driver is intended to provide power management without user inter- vention. If the default settings are not optimal, the following sysctls can be used to modify or monitor acpi behavior. Note that some variables will be available only if the given hardware supports them (such as hw.acpi.acline). debug.acpi.enable_debug_objects Enable dumping Debug objects without options ACPI_DEBUG. Default is 0, ignore Debug objects. dev.cpu.N.cx_usage Debugging information listing the percent of total usage for each sleep state. The values are reset when dev.cpu.N.cx_lowest is mod- ified. dev.cpu.N.cx_lowest Lowest Cx state to use for idling the CPU. A scheduling algorithm will select states between C1 and this setting as system load dic- tates. To enable ACPI CPU idling control, machdep.idle should be set to acpi if it is listed in machdep.idle_available. dev.cpu.N.cx_supported List of supported CPU idle states and their transition latency in microseconds. Each state has a type (e.g., C2). C1 is equivalent to the ia32 HLT instruction, C2 provides a deeper sleep with the same semantics, and C3 provides the deepest sleep but additionally requires bus mastering to be disabled. States greater than C3 pro- vide even more power savings with the same semantics as the C3 state. Deeper sleeps provide more power savings but increased transition latency when an interrupt occurs. dev.cpu.N.cx_method List of supported CPU idle states and their transition methods, as directed by the firmware. hw.acpi.acline AC line state (1 means online, 0 means on battery power). hw.acpi.disable_on_reboot Disable ACPI during the reboot process. Most systems reboot fine with ACPI still enabled, but some require exiting to legacy mode first. Default is 0, leave ACPI enabled. hw.acpi.handle_reboot Use the ACPI Reset Register capability to reboot the system. Some newer systems require use of this register, while some only work with legacy rebooting support. hw.acpi.lid_switch_state Suspend state (S1-S5) to enter when the lid switch (i.e., a note- book screen) is closed, or "NONE" (do nothing). Default is "NONE". hw.acpi.power_button_state Suspend state (S1-S5) to enter when the power button is pressed, or "NONE" (do nothing). Default is S5 (power-off nicely). hw.acpi.reset_video Reset the video adapter from real mode during the resume path. Some systems need this help, others have display problems if it is enabled. Default is 0 (disabled). hw.acpi.s4bios Indicate whether the system supports S4BIOS. This means that the BIOS can handle all the functions of suspending the system to disk. Otherwise, the OS is responsible for suspending to disk (S4OS). Most current systems do not support S4BIOS. hw.acpi.sleep_button_state Suspend state (S1-S5) to enter when the sleep button is pressed. This is usually a special function button on the keyboard. Default is S3 (suspend-to-RAM). hw.acpi.sleep_delay Wait this number of seconds between preparing the system to suspend and actually entering the suspend state. Default is 1 second. hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state Suspend states (S1-S5) supported by the BIOS. S1 Quick suspend to RAM. The CPU enters a lower power state, but most peripherals are left running. S2 Lower power state than S1, but with the same basic charac- teristics. Not supported by many systems. S3 Suspend to RAM. Most devices are powered off, and the sys- tem stops running except for memory refresh. S4 Suspend to disk. All devices are powered off, and the sys- tem stops running. When resuming, the system starts as if from a cold power on. Not yet supported by FreeBSD unless S4BIOS is available. S5 System shuts down cleanly and powers off. hw.acpi.verbose Enable verbose printing from the various ACPI subsystems. LOADER TUNABLES Tunables can be set at the loader(8) prompt before booting the kernel or stored in /boot/loader.conf. Many of these tunables also have a matching sysctl(8) entry for access after boot. acpi_dsdt_load Enables loading of a custom ACPI DSDT. acpi_dsdt_name Name of the DSDT table to load, if loading is enabled. debug.acpi.disabled Selectively disables portions of ACPI for debugging purposes. debug.acpi.interpreter_slack Enable less strict ACPI implementations. Default is 1, ignore com- mon BIOS mistakes. debug.acpi.max_threads Specify the number of task threads that are started on boot. Lim- iting this to 1 may help work around various BIOSes that cannot handle parallel requests. The default value is 3. debug.acpi.quirks Override any automatic quirks completely. debug.acpi.resume_beep Beep the PC speaker on resume. This can help diagnose suspend/re- sume problems. Default is 0 (disabled). hint.acpi.0.disabled Set this to 1 to disable all of ACPI. If ACPI has been disabled on your system due to a blacklist entry for your BIOS, you can set this to 0 to re-enable ACPI for testing. hw.acpi.ec.poll_timeout Delay in milliseconds to wait for the EC to respond. Try increas- ing this number if you get the error "AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE". hw.acpi.host_mem_start Override the assumed memory starting address for PCI host bridges. hw.acpi.install_interface, hw.acpi.remove_interface Install or remove OS interface(s) to control return value of `_OSI' query method. When an OS interface is specified in hw.acpi.install_interface, _OSI query for the interface returns it is supported. Conversely, when an OS interface is specified in hw.acpi.remove_interface, _OSI query returns it is not supported. Multiple interfaces can be specified in a comma-separated list and any leading white spaces will be ignored. For example, "FreeBSD, Linux" is a valid list of two interfaces "FreeBSD" and "Linux". hw.acpi.hw.acpi.override_isa_irq_polarity (x86) Forces active-lo polarity for edge-triggered ISA interrupts. Some older systems incorrectly specify active-lo polarity for ISA inter- rupts and this override fixes those systems. This override is en- abled by default on systems with Intel CPUs, but can be enabled or disabled by setting the tunable explicitly. hw.acpi.reset_video Enables calling the VESA reset BIOS vector on the resume path. This can fix some graphics cards that have problems such as LCD white-out after resume. Default is 0 (disabled). hw.acpi.serialize_methods Allow override of whether methods execute in parallel or not. En- able this for serial behavior, which fixes "AE_ALREADY_EXISTS" er- rors for AML that really cannot handle parallel method execution. It is off by default since this breaks recursive methods and some IBMs use such code. hw.acpi.verbose Turn on verbose debugging information about what ACPI is doing. hw.pci.link.%s.%d.irq Override the interrupt to use for this link and index. This capa- bility should be used carefully, and only if a device is not work- ing with acpi enabled. "%s" is the name of the link (e.g., LNKA). "%d" is the resource index when the link supports multiple IRQs. Most PCI links only have one IRQ resource, so the below form should be used. hw.pci.link.%s.irq Override the interrupt to use. This capability should be used carefully, and only if a device is not working with acpi enabled. "%s" is the name of the link (e.g., LNKA). DISABLING ACPI Since ACPI support on different platforms varies greatly, there are many debugging and tuning options available. For machines known not to work with acpi enabled, there is a BIOS black- list. Currently, the blacklist only controls whether acpi should be dis- abled or not. In the future, it will have more granularity to control fea- tures (the infrastructure for that is already there). To enable acpi (for debugging purposes, etc.) on machines that are on the blacklist, set the kernel environment variable hint.acpi.0.disabled to 0. Before trying this, consider updating your BIOS to a more recent version that may be compatible with ACPI. To disable the acpi driver completely, set the kernel environment variable hint.acpi.0.disabled to 1. Some i386 machines totally fail to operate with some or all of ACPI dis- abled. Other i386 machines fail with ACPI enabled. Disabling all or part of ACPI on non-i386 platforms (i.e., platforms where ACPI support is manda- tory) may result in a non-functional system. The acpi driver comprises a set of drivers, which may be selectively dis- abled in case of problems. To disable a sub-driver, list it in the kernel environment variable debug.acpi.disabled. Multiple entries can be listed, separated by a space. ACPI sub-devices and features that can be disabled: all Disable all ACPI features and devices. acad (device) Supports AC adapter. bus (feature) Probes and attaches subdevices. Disabling will avoid scanning the ACPI namespace entirely. children (feature) Attaches standard ACPI sub-drivers and devices enu- merated in the ACPI namespace. Disabling this has a similar effect to disabling "bus", except that the ACPI namespace will still be scanned. button (device) Supports ACPI button devices (typically power and sleep buttons). cmbat (device) Control-method batteries device. cpu (device) Supports CPU power-saving and speed-setting func- tions. ec (device) Supports the ACPI Embedded Controller interface, used to communicate with embedded platform controllers. isa (device) Supports an ISA bus bridge defined in the ACPI name- space, typically as a child of a PCI bus. lid (device) Supports an ACPI laptop lid switch, which typically puts a system to sleep. mwait (feature) Do not ask firmware for available x86-vendor spe- cific methods to enter Cx sleep states. Only query and use the generic I/O-based entrance method. The knob is provided to work around inconsistencies in the tables filled by firmware. quirks (feature) Do not honor quirks. Quirks automatically disable ACPI functionality based on the XSDT table's OEM vendor name and revision date. pci (device) Supports Host to PCI bridges. pci_link (feature) Performs PCI interrupt routing. sysresource (device) Pseudo-devices containing resources which ACPI claims. thermal (device) Supports system cooling and heat management. timer (device) Implements a timecounter using the ACPI fixed-fre- quency timer. video (device) Supports acpi_video(4) which may conflict with agp(4) device. It is also possible to avoid portions of the ACPI namespace which may be causing problems, by listing the full path of the root of the region to be avoided in the kernel environment variable debug.acpi.avoid. The object and all of its children will be ignored during the bus/children scan of the namespace. The ACPI CA code will still know about the avoided region. DEBUGGING OUTPUT To enable debugging output, acpi must be compiled with options ACPI_DEBUG. Debugging output is separated between layers and levels, where a layer is a component of the ACPI subsystem, and a level is a particular kind of debug- ging output. Both layers and levels are specified as a whitespace-separated list of to- kens, with layers listed in debug.acpi.layer and levels in debug.acpi.level. The first set of layers is for ACPI-CA components, and the second is for FreeBSD drivers. The ACPI-CA layer descriptions include the prefix for the files they refer to. The supported layers are: ACPI_UTILITIES Utility ("ut") functions ACPI_HARDWARE Hardware access ("hw") ACPI_EVENTS Event and GPE ("ev") ACPI_TABLES Table access ("tb") ACPI_NAMESPACE Namespace evaluation ("ns") ACPI_PARSER AML parser ("ps") ACPI_DISPATCHER Internal representation of interpreter state ("ds") ACPI_EXECUTER Execute AML methods ("ex") ACPI_RESOURCES Resource parsing ("rs") ACPI_CA_DEBUGGER Debugger implementation ("db", "dm") ACPI_OS_SERVICES Usermode support routines ("os") ACPI_CA_DISASSEMBLER Disassembler implementation (unused) ACPI_ALL_COMPONENTS All the above ACPI-CA components ACPI_AC_ADAPTER AC adapter driver ACPI_BATTERY Control-method battery driver ACPI_BUS ACPI, ISA, and PCI bus drivers ACPI_BUTTON Power and sleep button driver ACPI_EC Embedded controller driver ACPI_FAN Fan driver ACPI_OEM Platform-specific driver for hotkeys, LED, etc. ACPI_POWER Power resource driver ACPI_PROCESSOR CPU driver ACPI_THERMAL Thermal zone driver ACPI_TIMER Timer driver ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS All the above FreeBSD ACPI drivers The supported levels are: ACPI_LV_INIT Initialization progress ACPI_LV_DEBUG_OBJECT Stores to objects ACPI_LV_INFO General information and progress ACPI_LV_REPAIR Repair a common problem with predefined methods ACPI_LV_ALL_EXCEPTIONS All the previous levels ACPI_LV_PARSE ACPI_LV_DISPATCH ACPI_LV_EXEC ACPI_LV_NAMES ACPI_LV_OPREGION ACPI_LV_BFIELD ACPI_LV_TABLES ACPI_LV_VALUES ACPI_LV_OBJECTS ACPI_LV_RESOURCES ACPI_LV_USER_REQUESTS ACPI_LV_PACKAGE ACPI_LV_VERBOSITY1 All the previous levels ACPI_LV_ALLOCATIONS ACPI_LV_FUNCTIONS ACPI_LV_OPTIMIZATIONS ACPI_LV_VERBOSITY2 All the previous levels ACPI_LV_ALL Synonym for "ACPI_LV_VERBOSITY2" ACPI_LV_MUTEX ACPI_LV_THREADS ACPI_LV_IO ACPI_LV_INTERRUPTS ACPI_LV_VERBOSITY3 All the previous levels ACPI_LV_AML_DISASSEMBLE ACPI_LV_VERBOSE_INFO ACPI_LV_FULL_TABLES ACPI_LV_EVENTS ACPI_LV_VERBOSE All levels after "ACPI_LV_VERBOSITY3" ACPI_LV_INIT_NAMES ACPI_LV_LOAD Selection of the appropriate layer and level values is important to avoid massive amounts of debugging output. For example, the following configura- tion is a good way to gather initial information. It enables debug output for both ACPI-CA and the acpi driver, printing basic information about er- rors, warnings, and progress. debug.acpi.layer="ACPI_ALL_COMPONENTS ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS" debug.acpi.level="ACPI_LV_ALL_EXCEPTIONS" Debugging output by the ACPI CA subsystem is prefixed with the module name in lowercase, followed by a source line number. Output from the FreeBSD-local code follows the same format, but the module name is upper- cased. OVERRIDING YOUR BIOS BYTECODE ACPI interprets bytecode named AML (ACPI Machine Language) provided by the BIOS vendor as a memory image at boot time. Sometimes, the AML code con- tains a bug that does not appear when parsed by the Microsoft implementa- tion. FreeBSD provides a way to override it with your own AML code to work around or debug such problems. Note that all AML in your DSDT and any SSDT tables is overridden. In order to load your AML code, you must edit /boot/loader.conf and include the following lines. acpi_dsdt_load="YES" acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/acpi_dsdt.aml" # You may change this name. In order to prepare your AML code, you will need the acpidump(8) and iasl(8) utilities and some ACPI knowledge. COMPATIBILITY ACPI is only found and supported on i386/ia32 and amd64. SEE ALSO kenv(1), acpi_thermal(4), device.hints(5), loader.conf(5), acpiconf(8), acpidump(8), config(8), iasl(8) Compaq Computer Corporation, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Phoenix Technologies Ltd., and Toshiba Corporation, Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification, http://acpi.info/spec.htm, August 25, 2003. AUTHORS The ACPI CA subsystem is developed and maintained by Intel Architecture Labs. The following people made notable contributions to the ACPI subsystem in FreeBSD: Michael Smith, Takanori Watanabe <takawata@jp.FreeBSD.org>, Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org>, Munehiro Matsuda, Nate Lawson, the ACPI-jp mailing list at <acpi-jp@jp.FreeBSD.org>, and many other con- tributors. This manual page was written by Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>. BUGS Many BIOS versions have serious bugs that may cause system instability, break suspend/resume, or prevent devices from operating properly due to IRQ routing problems. Upgrade your BIOS to the latest version available from the vendor before deciding it is a problem with acpi. FreeBSD ports 15.1 July 15, 2024 ACPI(4)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | SYSCTL VARIABLES | LOADER TUNABLES | DISABLING ACPI | DEBUGGING OUTPUT | OVERRIDING YOUR BIOS BYTECODE | COMPATIBILITY | SEE ALSO | AUTHORS | BUGS
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