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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/acpi.4')
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/acpi.4 b/share/man/man4/acpi.4 index 2d945cf..e36919b 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/acpi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/acpi.4 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 2004 +.Dd June 30, 2004 .Dt ACPI 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -210,19 +210,21 @@ the module name is uppercased. .Pp For machines known not to work with .Nm -enabled, there is a BIOS blacklist. Currently, the blacklist only controls -whether +enabled, there is a BIOS blacklist. +Currently, the blacklist only controls whether .Nm -should be disabled or not. In the future, it will have more -granularity to control features (the infrastructure for that is already there). +should be disabled or not. +In the future, it will have more granularity to control features (the +infrastructure for that is already there). .Pp To enable .Nm -(for debugging purposes, etc.) on machines that are on the -blacklist, set the kernel environment variable +(for debugging purposes, etc.) on machines that are on the blacklist, set the +kernel environment variable .Va 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 0. +Before trying this, consider updating your BIOS to a more recent version that +may be compatible with ACPI. .Pp To disable the .Nm @@ -346,9 +348,9 @@ Name of the DSDT table to load, if loading is enabled. .It Va debug.acpi.disabled Selectively disables portions of ACPI for debugging purposes. .It Va 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. +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. .It Va hw.acpi.ec.poll_timeout Delay in milliseconds to wait for the EC to respond. Try increasing this number if you get the error |
