firmware acpi
iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) as Defined in ACPI 3.0b Specification
White Paper The iSCSI Boot Firmware (iBF) Table (iBFT) is a block of information that contains various parameters that are useful to the iSCSI Boot process. The iBFT is the mechanism by which iBF parameter values are conveyed to the... [16 Sep 2009]
UEFI Support and Requirements for Windows Operating Systems
White Paper This paper does not replace any existing firmware requirements (such as ACPI requirements), and therefore the contents must be considered additional requirements for an EFI-based platform. This paper... [16 Sep 2009]
Processor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
White Paper Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include updated support for ACPI Processor Power Management (PPM) features, including support for processor performance states and processor idle sleep states on multiprocessor systems. [16 Sep 2009]
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... [03 Apr 2008]
ACPI Driver Interface in Windows Vista
White Paper These objects are loaded from the system definition in firmware into the ACPI namespace. Kernel-mode device drivers are able to evaluate ACPI control methods via I/O ConTroL Codes... [29 Mar 2008]