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ACPI
ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.
ACPI is a standard that allows an operating system to recognize hardware, configure motherboards and other deives and managempower
ACPI let the operating system control
power management, rather than the
BIOS.
ACPI supersedes and replaces its predecessors APM (Advanced Power Management), the MultiProcessor Specification and PnP (Plug and Play).
Misc
Apparently, Windows installs different kernels depending on the availability of ACPI.
TODO
Security:
Mark Shuttleworth has likened ACPI to
Trojan Horses.
See also
I find it confusing that
APIC has the same letters like ACPI