acpi_rapidstart(4)

acpi_rapidstart4

Intel rapid start technology acpi driver

Usage

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

device acpi_rapidstart

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

acpi_rapidstart_load="YES"

Overview

The acpi_rapidstart driver provides support for Intel Rapid Start technology ACPI device interface. Note that this is only for the ACPI device interface. This has _CID PNP0C02 so it should be loaded at boot time to avoid attaching to the acpi_sysresource driver.

Sysctls

The following sysctl(8) nodes are currently implemented:

dev.acpi_rapidstart.0.ffs

Rapid start flag. It is a bitwise OR of the following:

1

Enter Fast Flash Standby in RTC wake.

2

Enter Fast Flash Standby in Critical Battery Wake enable

dev.acpi_rapidstart.0.ftv

Fast Flash Standby timer value in minutes.

Releases

29 releases since FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE; the text changed 15 times.

  1. 10.1
  2. 10.2
  3. 10.3
  4. 10.4
  5. 11.0
  6. 11.1
  7. 11.2
  8. 11.3
  9. 11.4
  10. 12.0
  11. 12.1
  12. 12.2
  13. 12.3
  14. 12.4
  15. 13.0–13.2
  16. 13.3–16.0

History

The acpi_rapidstart driver first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0.

Authors

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

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