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28.Dd July 29, 2006
29.Dt ACPI 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm acpi
33.Nd Advanced Configuration and Power Management support
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "device acpi"
36.Pp
37.Cd "options ACPI_DEBUG"
38.Cd "options DDB"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver provides support for the Intel/Microsoft/Compaq/Toshiba ACPI
43standard.
44This support includes platform hardware discovery (superseding the
45PnP and PCI BIOS), as well as power management (superseding APM) and
46other features.
47ACPI core support is provided by the ACPI CA reference implementation
48from Intel.
49.Pp
50Note that the
51.Nm
52driver is automatically loaded by the
53.Xr loader 8 ,
54and should only be
55compiled into the kernel on platforms where ACPI is mandatory.
56.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
57The
58.Nm
59driver is intended to provide power management without user intervention.
60If the default settings are not optimal, the following sysctls can be
61used to modify or monitor
62.Nm
63behavior.
64.Bl -tag -width indent
65.It Va hw.acpi.acline
66AC line state (1 means online, 0 means on battery power).
67.It Va hw.acpi.cpu.cx_usage
68Debugging information listing the percent of total usage for each sleep state.
69The values are reset when
70.Va hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest
71is modified.
72.It Va hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest
73Lowest Cx state to use for idling the CPU.
74A scheduling algorithm will select states between
75.Li C1
76and this setting
77as system load dictates.
78To enable ACPI CPU idling control,
79.Va machdep.cpu_idle_hlt
80must be set to 1.
81.It Va hw.acpi.cpu.cx_supported
82List of supported CPU idle states and their transition latency
83in microseconds.
84Each state has a type (e.g.,
85.Li C2 ) .
86.Li C1
87is equivalent to the ia32
88.Li HLT
89instruction,
90.Li C2
91provides a deeper
92sleep with the same semantics, and
93.Li C3
94provides the deepest sleep
95but additionally requires bus mastering to be disabled.
96States greater than
97.Li C3
98provide even more power savings with the same
99semantics as the
100.Li C3
101state.
102Deeper sleeps provide more power savings but increased transition
103latency when an interrupt occurs.
104.It Va hw.acpi.disable_on_reboot
105Disable ACPI during the reboot process.
106Most systems reboot fine with ACPI still enabled, but some require
107exiting to legacy mode first.
108Default is 0, leave ACPI enabled.
109.It Va hw.acpi.handle_reboot
110Use the ACPI Reset Register capability to reboot the system.
111Default is 0, use legacy reboot support.
112Some newer systems require use of this register, while some only work
113with legacy rebooting support.
114.It Va hw.acpi.lid_switch_state
115Suspend state
116.Pq Li S1 Ns \[en] Ns Li S5
117to enter when the lid switch (i.e., a notebook screen) is closed.
118Default is
119.Dq Li NONE
120(do nothing).
121.It Va hw.acpi.power_button_state
122Suspend state
123.Pq Li S1 Ns \[en] Ns Li S5
124to enter when the power button is pressed.
125Default is
126.Li S5
127(power-off nicely).
128.It Va hw.acpi.reset_video
129Reset the video adapter from real mode during the resume path.
130Some systems need this help, others have display problems if it is enabled.
131Default is 0 (disabled).
132.It Va hw.acpi.s4bios
133Indicate whether the system supports
134.Li S4BIOS .
135This means that the BIOS can handle all the functions of suspending the
136system to disk.
137Otherwise, the OS is responsible for suspending to disk
138.Pq Li S4OS .
139Most current systems do not support
140.Li S4BIOS .
141.It Va hw.acpi.sleep_button_state
142Suspend state
143.Pq Li S1 Ns \[en] Ns Li S5
144to enter when the sleep button is pressed.
145This is usually a special function button on the keyboard.
146Default is
147.Li S3
148(suspend-to-RAM).
149.It Va hw.acpi.sleep_delay
150Wait this number of seconds between preparing the system to suspend and
151actually entering the suspend state.
152Default is 1 second.
153.It Va hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state
154Suspend states
155.Pq Li S1 Ns \[en] Ns Li S5
156supported by the BIOS.
157.Bl -tag -width indent
158.It Li S1
159Quick suspend to RAM.
160The CPU enters a lower power state, but most peripherals are left running.
161.It Li S2
162Lower power state than
163.Li S1 ,
164but with the same basic characteristics.
165Not supported by many systems.
166.It Li S3
167Suspend to RAM.
168Most devices are powered off, and the system stops running except for
169memory refresh.
170.It Li S4
171Suspend to disk.
172All devices are powered off, and the system stops running.
173When resuming, the system starts as if from a cold power on.
174Not yet supported by
175.Fx
176unless
177.Li S4BIOS
178is available.
179.It Li S5
180System shuts down cleanly and powers off.
181.El
182.It Va hw.acpi.verbose
183Enable verbose printing from the various ACPI subsystems.
184.El
185.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
186Tunables can be set at the
187.Xr loader 8
188prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
189.Pa /boot/loader.conf .
190Many of these tunables also have a matching
191.Xr sysctl 8
192entry for access after boot.
193.Bl -tag -width indent
194.It Va acpi_dsdt_load
195Enables loading of a custom ACPI DSDT.
196.It Va acpi_dsdt_name
197Name of the DSDT table to load, if loading is enabled.
198.It Va debug.acpi.disabled
199Selectively disables portions of ACPI for debugging purposes.
200.It Va debug.acpi.max_threads
201Specify the number of task threads that are started on boot.
202Limiting this to 1 may help work around various BIOSes that cannot
203handle parallel requests.
204The default value is 3.
205.It Va debug.acpi.quirks
206Override any automatic quirks completely.
207.It Va debug.acpi.resume_beep
208Beep the PC speaker on resume.
209This can help diagnose suspend/resume problems.
210Default is 0 (disabled).
211.It Va hint.acpi.0.disabled
212Set this to 1 to disable all of ACPI.
213If ACPI has been disabled on your system due to a blacklist entry for your
214BIOS, you can set this to 0 to re-enable ACPI for testing.
215.It Va hw.acpi.ec.poll_timeout
216Delay in milliseconds to wait for the EC to respond.
217Try increasing this number if you get the error
218.Qq Li AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE .
219.It Va hw.acpi.host_mem_start
220Override the assumed memory starting address for PCI host bridges.
221.It Va hw.acpi.reset_video
222Enables calling the VESA reset BIOS vector on the resume path.
223This can fix some graphics cards that have problems such as LCD white-out
224after resume.
225Default is 0 (disabled).
226.It Va hw.acpi.serialize_methods
227Allow override of whether methods execute in parallel or not.
228Enable this for serial behavior, which fixes
229.Qq Li AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
230errors for
231AML that really cannot handle parallel method execution.
232It is off by default since this breaks recursive methods and some IBMs use
233such code.
234.It Va hw.acpi.verbose
235Turn on verbose debugging information about what ACPI is doing.
236.It Va hw.pci.link.%s.%d.irq
237Override the interrupt to use for this link and index.
238This capability should be used carefully, and only if a device is not
239working with
240.Nm
241enabled.
242.Qq %s
243is the name of the link (e.g., LNKA).
244.Qq %d
245is the resource index when the link supports multiple IRQs.
246Most PCI links only have one IRQ resource, so the below form should be used.
247.It Va hw.pci.link.%s.irq
248Override the interrupt to use.
249This capability should be used carefully, and only if a device is not
250working with
251.Nm
252enabled.
253.Qq %s
254is the name of the link (e.g., LNKA).
255.El
256.Sh DISABLING ACPI
257Since ACPI support on different platforms varies greatly, there are many
258debugging and tuning options available.
259.Pp
260For machines known not to work with
261.Nm
262enabled, there is a BIOS blacklist.
263Currently, the blacklist only controls whether
264.Nm
265should be disabled or not.
266In the future, it will have more granularity to control features (the
267infrastructure for that is already there).
268.Pp
269To enable
270.Nm
271(for debugging purposes, etc.) on machines that are on the blacklist, set the
272kernel environment variable
273.Va hint.acpi.0.disabled
274to 0.
275Before trying this, consider updating your BIOS to a more recent version that
276may be compatible with ACPI.
277.Pp
278To disable the
279.Nm
280driver completely, set the kernel environment variable
281.Va hint.acpi.0.disabled
282to 1.
283.Pp
284Some i386 machines totally fail to operate with some or all of ACPI disabled.
285Other i386 machines fail with ACPI enabled.
286Disabling all or part of ACPI on non-i386 platforms (i.e., platforms where
287ACPI support is mandatory) may result in a non-functional system.
288.Pp
289The
290.Nm
291driver comprises a set of drivers, which may be selectively disabled
292in case of problems.
293To disable a sub-driver, list it in the kernel
294environment variable
295.Va debug.acpi.disabled .
296Multiple entries can be listed, separated by a space.
297.Pp
298ACPI sub-devices and features that can be disabled:
299.Bl -tag -width ".Li sysresource"
300.It Li all
301Disable all ACPI features and devices.
302.It Li acad
303.Pq Vt device
304Supports AC adapter.
305.It Li bus
306.Pq Vt feature
307Probes and attaches subdevices.
308Disabling will avoid scanning the ACPI namespace entirely.
309.It Li children
310.Pq Vt feature
311Attaches standard ACPI sub-drivers and devices enumerated in the
312ACPI namespace.
313Disabling this has a similar effect to disabling
314.Dq Li bus ,
315except that the
316ACPI namespace will still be scanned.
317.It Li button
318.Pq Vt device
319Supports ACPI button devices (typically power and sleep buttons).
320.It Li cmbat
321.Pq Vt device
322Control-method batteries device.
323.It Li cpu
324.Pq Vt device
325Supports CPU power-saving and speed-setting functions.
326.It Li ec
327.Pq Vt device
328Supports the ACPI Embedded Controller interface, used to communicate
329with embedded platform controllers.
330.It Li isa
331.Pq Vt device
332Supports an ISA bus bridge defined in the ACPI namespace,
333typically as a child of a PCI bus.
334.It Li lid
335.Pq Vt device
336Supports an ACPI laptop lid switch, which typically puts a
337system to sleep.
338.It Li quirks
339.Pq Vt feature
340Do not honor quirks.
341Quirks automatically disable ACPI functionality based on the XSDT table's
342OEM vendor name and revision date.
343.It Li pci
344.Pq Vt device
345Supports Host to PCI bridges.
346.It Li pci_link
347.Pq Vt feature
348Performs PCI interrupt routing.
349.It Li sysresource
350.Pq Vt device
351Pseudo-devices containing resources which ACPI claims.
352.It Li thermal
353.Pq Vt device
354Supports system cooling and heat management.
355.It Li timer
356.Pq Vt device
357Implements a timecounter using the ACPI fixed-frequency timer.
358.It Li video
359.Pq Vt device
360Supports
361.Xr acpi_video 4
362which may conflict with
363.Xr agp 4
364device.
365.El
366.Pp
367It is also possible to avoid portions of the ACPI namespace which
368may be causing problems, by listing the full path of the root of
369the region to be avoided in the kernel environment variable
370.Va debug.acpi.avoid .
371The object and all of its children will be ignored during the
372bus/children scan of the namespace.
373The ACPI CA code will still know about the avoided region.
374.Sh DEBUGGING OUTPUT
375To enable debugging output,
376.Nm
377must be compiled with
378.Cd "options ACPI_DEBUG" .
379Debugging output is separated between layers and levels, where a layer is
380a component of the ACPI subsystem, and a level is a particular kind
381of debugging output.
382.Pp
383Both layers and levels are specified as a whitespace-separated list of
384tokens, with layers listed in
385.Va debug.acpi.layer
386and levels in
387.Va debug.acpi.level .
388.Pp
389The first set of layers is for ACPI-CA components, and the second is for
390.Fx
391drivers.
392The ACPI-CA layer descriptions include the prefix for the files they
393refer to.
394The supported layers are:
395.Pp
396.Bl -tag -compact -width ".Li ACPI_CA_DISASSEMBLER"
397.It Li ACPI_UTILITIES
398Utility ("ut") functions
399.It Li ACPI_HARDWARE
400Hardware access ("hw")
401.It Li ACPI_EVENTS
402Event and GPE ("ev")
403.It Li ACPI_TABLES
404Table access ("tb")
405.It Li ACPI_NAMESPACE
406Namespace evaluation ("ns")
407.It Li ACPI_PARSER
408AML parser ("ps")
409.It Li ACPI_DISPATCHER
410Internal representation of interpreter state ("ds")
411.It Li ACPI_EXECUTER
412Execute AML methods ("ex")
413.It Li ACPI_RESOURCES
414Resource parsing ("rs")
415.It Li ACPI_CA_DEBUGGER
416Debugger implementation ("db", "dm")
417.It Li ACPI_OS_SERVICES
418Usermode support routines ("os")
419.It Li ACPI_CA_DISASSEMBLER
420Disassembler implementation (unused)
421.It Li ACPI_ALL_COMPONENTS
422All the above ACPI-CA components
423.It Li ACPI_AC_ADAPTER
424AC adapter driver
425.It Li ACPI_BATTERY
426Control-method battery driver
427.It Li ACPI_BUS
428ACPI, ISA, and PCI bus drivers
429.It Li ACPI_BUTTON
430Power and sleep button driver
431.It Li ACPI_EC
432Embedded controller driver
433.It Li ACPI_FAN
434Fan driver
435.It Li ACPI_OEM
436Platform-specific driver for hotkeys, LED, etc.
437.It Li ACPI_POWER
438Power resource driver
439.It Li ACPI_PROCESSOR
440CPU driver
441.It Li ACPI_THERMAL
442Thermal zone driver
443.It Li ACPI_TIMER
444Timer driver
445.It Li ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS
446All the above
447.Fx
448ACPI drivers
449.El
450.Pp
451The supported levels are:
452.Pp
453.Bl -tag -compact -width ".Li ACPI_LV_AML_DISASSEMBLE"
454.It Li ACPI_LV_ERROR
455Fatal error conditions
456.It Li ACPI_LV_WARN
457Warnings and potential problems
458.It Li ACPI_LV_INIT
459Initialization progress
460.It Li ACPI_LV_DEBUG_OBJECT
461Stores to objects
462.It Li ACPI_LV_INFO
463General information and progress
464.It Li ACPI_LV_ALL_EXCEPTIONS
465All the previous levels
466.It Li ACPI_LV_INIT_NAMES
467.It Li ACPI_LV_PARSE
468.It Li ACPI_LV_LOAD
469.It Li ACPI_LV_DISPATCH
470.It Li ACPI_LV_EXEC
471.It Li ACPI_LV_NAMES
472.It Li ACPI_LV_OPREGION
473.It Li ACPI_LV_BFIELD
474.It Li ACPI_LV_TABLES
475.It Li ACPI_LV_VALUES
476.It Li ACPI_LV_OBJECTS
477.It Li ACPI_LV_RESOURCES
478.It Li ACPI_LV_USER_REQUESTS
479.It Li ACPI_LV_PACKAGE
480.It Li ACPI_LV_VERBOSITY1
481All the previous levels
482.It Li ACPI_LV_ALLOCATIONS
483.It Li ACPI_LV_FUNCTIONS
484.It Li ACPI_LV_OPTIMIZATIONS
485.It Li ACPI_LV_VERBOSITY2
486.It Li ACPI_LV_ALL
487.It Li ACPI_LV_MUTEX
488.It Li ACPI_LV_THREADS
489.It Li ACPI_LV_IO
490.It Li ACPI_LV_INTERRUPTS
491.It Li ACPI_LV_VERBOSITY3
492All the previous levels
493.It Li ACPI_LV_AML_DISASSEMBLE
494.It Li ACPI_LV_VERBOSE_INFO
495.It Li ACPI_LV_FULL_TABLES
496.It Li ACPI_LV_EVENTS
497.It Li ACPI_LV_VERBOSE
498All levels after
499.Qq Li ACPI_LV_VERBOSITY3
500.El
501.Pp
502Selection of the appropriate layer and level values is important
503to avoid massive amounts of debugging output.
504For example, the following configuration is a good way to gather initial
505information.
506It enables debug output for both ACPI-CA and the
507.Nm
508driver, printing basic information about errors, warnings, and progress.
509.Bd -literal -offset indent
510debug.acpi.layer="ACPI_ALL_COMPONENTS ACPI_ALL_DRIVERS"
511debug.acpi.level="ACPI_LV_ALL_EXCEPTIONS"
512.Ed
513.Pp
514Debugging output by the ACPI CA subsystem is prefixed with the
515module name in lowercase, followed by a source line number.
516Output from the
517.Fx Ns -local
518code follows the same format, but
519the module name is uppercased.
520.Sh OVERRIDING YOUR BIOS BYTECODE
521ACPI interprets bytecode named AML
522(ACPI Machine Language)
523provided by the BIOS vendor as a memory image at boot time.
524Sometimes, the AML code contains a bug that does not appear when parsed
525by the Microsoft implementation.
526.Fx
527provides a way to override it with your own AML code to work around
528or debug such problems.
529Note that all AML in your DSDT and any SSDT tables is overridden.
530.Pp
531In order to load your AML code, you must edit
532.Pa /boot/loader.conf
533and include the following lines.
534.Bd -literal -offset indent
535acpi_dsdt_load="YES"
536acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/acpi_dsdt.aml" # You may change this name.
537.Ed
538.Pp
539In order to prepare your AML code, you will need the
540.Xr acpidump 8
541and
542.Xr iasl 8
543utilities and some ACPI knowledge.
544.Sh COMPATIBILITY
545ACPI is only found and supported on i386/ia32, ia64, and amd64.
546.Sh SEE ALSO
547.Xr kenv 1 ,
548.Xr acpi_thermal 4 ,
549.Xr device.hints 5 ,
550.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
551.Xr acpiconf 8 ,
552.Xr acpidump 8 ,
553.Xr config 8 ,
554.Xr iasl 8
555.Rs
556.%A "Compaq Computer Corporation"
557.%A "Intel Corporation"
558.%A "Microsoft Corporation"
559.%A "Phoenix Technologies Ltd."
560.%A "Toshiba Corporation"
561.%D August 25, 2003
562.%T "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification"
563.%O http://acpi.info/spec.htm
564.Re
565.Sh AUTHORS
566.An -nosplit
567The ACPI CA subsystem is developed and maintained by
568Intel Architecture Labs.
569.Pp
570The following people made notable contributions to the ACPI subsystem
571in
572.Fx :
573.An Michael Smith ,
574.An Takanori Watanabe Aq takawata@jp.FreeBSD.org ,
575.An Mitsuru IWASAKI Aq iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org ,
576.An Munehiro Matsuda ,
577.An Nate Lawson ,
578the ACPI-jp mailing list at
579.Aq acpi-jp@jp.FreeBSD.org ,
580and many other contributors.
581.Pp
582This manual page was written by
583.An Michael Smith Aq msmith@FreeBSD.org .
584.Sh BUGS
585Many BIOS versions have serious bugs that may cause system instability,
586break suspend/resume, or prevent devices from operating properly due to
587IRQ routing problems.
588Upgrade your BIOS to the latest version available from the vendor before
589deciding it is a problem with
590.Nm .
591.Pp
592The
593.Nm
594CPU idle power management drive conflicts with the local APIC (LAPIC)
595timer.
596Disable APIC mode with
597.Va hint.apic.0.disabled
598or do not use the
599.Li C2
600and
601.Li C3
602states if APIC mode is enabled.
603