Date: 03-Nov-2011
KernelVersion: v3.2
Contact: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
-Description: The ACPI pm_profile sysfs interface exports the platform
- power management (and performance) requirement expectations
- as provided by BIOS. The integer value is directly passed as
- retrieved from the FADT ACPI table.
+Description: The ACPI pm_profile sysfs interface exposes the preferred
+ power management (and performance) profile of the platform
+ as provided in the ACPI FADT Preferred_PM_Profile field.
-Values: For possible values see ACPI specification:
- 5.2.9 Fixed ACPI Description Table (FADT)
- Field: Preferred_PM_Profile
+ The integer value is directly passed as retrieved from the FADT.
- Currently these values are defined by spec:
+Values: For the possible values refer to the Preferred_PM_Profile field
+ definition in Table 5.9 "FADT Format", Section 5.2.9 "Fixed ACPI
+ Description Table (FADT)" of the ACPI specification.
+
+ As of ACPI 6.5, the following values are defined:
== =================
0 Unspecified
5 SOHO Server
6 Appliance PC
7 Performance Server
- >7 Reserved
+ 8 Tablet
+ >8 Reserved
== =================