Subject: RE: power management/APM
To: 'Jason Thorpe' <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Adam Glass (Exchange) <adamg@Exchange.Microsoft.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/02/1999 15:55:47
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right but there is no standard for how the thermal zones are done, what the
thresholds are for active and passive cooling, what active and passive
cooling facilities are available, etc. If you implement ACPI <HINT HINT
HINT>, the ACPI bios describes all of this stuff to you in a standardized
way and gives you methods/events/etc to do something about it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Thorpe [mailto:thorpej@nas.nasa.gov]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:50 PM
To: Adam Glass (Exchange)
Cc: 'Michael Richardson'; port-i386@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: power management/APM
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:32:46 -0800
"Adam Glass (Exchange)" <adamg@Exchange.Microsoft.com> wrote:
> this device is never accessed directly.
>
> you either access it through APM or through ACPI.
...well, it might be useful to access it to get at the sensors on the
i2c bus on the thing... just to read them...
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>right but there is no standard for how the thermal =
zones are done, what the thresholds are for active and passive cooling, =
what active and passive cooling facilities are available, etc. If =
you implement ACPI <HINT HINT HINT>, the ACPI bios describes all =
of this stuff to you in a standardized way and gives you =
methods/events/etc to do something about it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Jason Thorpe [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:thorpej@nas.nasa.gov">mailto:thorpej@nas.nasa.gov</A>]</F=
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:50 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Adam Glass (Exchange)</FONT>
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port-i386@netbsd.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: power management/APM </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:32:46 -0800 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> "Adam Glass (Exchange)" =
<adamg@Exchange.Microsoft.com> wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2> > this device is never accessed =
directly.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> > you either access it through APM or =
through ACPI.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>...well, it might be useful to access it to get at =
the sensors on the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>i2c bus on the thing... just to read them...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2> -- Jason =
R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov></FONT>
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