"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."
Available to those with access (via Software Subscription Services) to the eComStation BetaZone: http://betazone.ecomstation.com
The ACPI beta drivers have been updated on the eComStation BetaZone:
acpi-20060909.zip ACPI for eComStation (Includes... 495 kb 09/09/2006
08:28 pm
ACPI-CA driver WHATSNEW
20060909 (vesion 2.12)
* Added code to support S3 sleep state
* New driver SHARHIRQ.SYS included to improve support of APIC mode.
apm-20060909.zip APM.ADD (Power management for ... 60 kb 09/09/2006
08:24 pm
APM.ADD is a driver of power management via ACPI interface.
acpi-snooper-20060909.zip ACPI snooper (IRQ control, ACP... 14 kb
09/09/2006 08:35 pm
(This zip archive is password protected but you can obtain the password at http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft)
ACPI snooper allows control IRQ and evaluate ACPI commands on boot:
* Use IRQn instead IRQm in APIC
* Reload DSDT from file
* Set IRQ to link (irq router)
* Evaluate a path
Source: OS2VOICE