acpi_ged(4)

acpi_ged4

Acpi generic event device

Usage

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

device acpi_ged

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

acpi_ged_load="YES"

Overview

The acpi_ged driver provides support for generic events interface. This handles interrupts and evaluates the specific ACPI method. This may generate optionally ACPI notify for another device.

Releases

9 releases since FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 14.0–14.5
  2. 15.0–16.0

History

The acpi_ged device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 13.3.

Authors

The acpi_ged driver was written by Takanori Watanabe ⟨[email protected]⟩

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.