driver acpi
Extended PSS ACPI Method Specification
White Paper The Extended PSS (XPSS) method is an ACPI method that allows platform firmware to generically describe a Model Specific Register (MSR)-based interface for processor performance state controls. This enables the use of the generic processor driver... [03 Apr 2008]
ACPI Driver Interface in Windows Vista
White Paper Typically, a driver evaluates ACPI control methods to initiate or configure platform-specific functionality. Control methods are written in the ACPI Machine Language (AML) and are interpreted by the ACPI driver in Microsoft Windows. [29 Mar 2008]
Easier Custom Button and LED Integration
White Paper The presentation explains how to easily configure different system SKUs using only one driver image and provides a free SDK containing an ACPI-to-HID Mapper driver, API library and test tools for Microsoft Windows. [04 Nov 2006]
Brightness Control in WDDM
White Paper This white paper provides detailed information about the required capabilities for the Microsoft Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver and the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS in order to support brightness control... [07 Sep 2006]
Power Management of USB Host Controllers
White Paper The ACPI driver optionally modifies these capabilities before handing them to the host controller drivers. The power capabilities for USB host controllers are conceived by the underlying PCI bus driver. [16 Oct 2004]
PCI Power Management and Device Drivers
White Paper This article clarifies some confusion that vendors have experienced about how hardware that complies with PCI Power Management (PCI-PM) interacts with device drivers in the operating system and about how PCI-PM integrates with ACPI. [25 Feb 2004]
UPS Power Management Using Win98 and USB
White Paper Using the new PnP (Plug & Play) specification ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) the new power management function provides for electrical power consumption control of external devices via Win98 O/S power policies. [25 Feb 2004]
