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Drivers: ACPI 3.20.01
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (VOICE News Service)
Tue Apr 3 00:07:16 2012
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.mit.edu
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:07:08 +0100
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From: madodelDESPAM@DESPAMptdprolog.net
"ACPI (short for "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface") is a standard that defines power and configuration management interfaces between an operating system and Hardware. It is meant to supersede the older APM standard (for power management) and provide a generic interface for recognition and configuration of hardware devices."
There is a new release of ACPI posted on the eCS BetaZone. according to the readme this version of ACPI.PSD and related files is a beta version and still under heavy development. Please READ the README.TXT fle. Available to those with access (via Software Subscription Services) to the eComStation BetaZone:
( via logging in at http://www.mensys.nl/indexuk.html )
Please read the testing Guide: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/wiki/TestingGuide
Post bug-reports to the tracker on http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi
Changes in 3.20.01:
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Updated the ACPICA to 5.0 version 20120215.
Fixed problem with Award ACPI and possibly other similar vendors.
