"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-drivers-20060812.zip Auxiliary drivers for ACPI use... 49 kb
12/08/2006 06:32 am
These are Resource.sys and a replacement for com.sys for SMP systems that require ACPI.
acpi-20060812.zip ACPI for eComStation (Downgrad... 492 kb 12/08/2006 10:23 am
Updated ACPI driver:
ACPI-CA driver WHATSNEW
20060812 (vesion 2.11)
* Attention! Installation instructions changed!
* ACPI snooper: you can load ACPI tables now;
* ACPI snooper: you can change IRQ for devices; disable IRQ, etc.
* ACPI: Downgrade to January 2006 Intel source code
* ACPI: Fixes for APM sleep/resume (S3 state), first blood -- not finished
acpi-snooper-20060812.rar ACPI snooper (IRQ control, ACP... 13 kb 12/08/2006 10:33 am
According to UNRAR this file is encrypted so I assume its not needed except by whoever has the password.
Source: OS2VOICE