Building the Power-Efficient PC: A Developer's Guide to ACPI Power Management
This book provides developers and integrators with practical knowledge and design techniques for building PCs that address the increasing demand for energy conservation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Building the Power-Efficient PC: A Developer's Guide to ACPI Power Management
Appendix A: Developer Resources
The majority of the following specifications and guideline documents are on the CD-ROM that accompanies this book.
Specifications and Guidelines
System Power Management
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification, Revision 2.0, http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/spec.htm
Device and Bus Power Management
PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, Revision 1.1, http://www.pcisig.com or developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/tech.htm
USB Feature Specification: Interface Power Management (IPM), http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs.html
1394 Trade Association Power Specifications, Part 1: Cable Power Distribution, Part 2: Suspend/Resume Implementation Guidelines, Part 3: Power State Management, http://www.1394ta.org/Technology/Specifications/specifications.htm
Power Management and Plug and Play for Legacy Hardware Platforms
Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS Specification, Revision 1.2
Plug and Play BIOS Specification, Version 1.0a, http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/specs/
Intel Instantly Available PC (IAPC)
IAPC System Power Delivery Requirements and Recommendations (Power Supply 98)
Instantly Available Power Managed Desktop PC Design Guide, developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/tech.htm
Mobile Platforms
Mobile Power Guidelines 2000 developer.intel.com/design/mobile/intelpower/
Smart Battery System
Smart Battery Charger Specification, Revision 1.1.
Smart Battery Data Specification, Revision 1.1.
Smart Battery Selector Specification, Revision 1.1.
Smart Battery System Manager Specification, Revision 1.0, http://www.sbs-forum.org/specs/
System Management Bus (SMBus)
System Management Bus Specification, Version 2.0, http://www.smbus.org/specs/
Power Management Resources
EPA ENERGY STAR
http://www.energystar.gov/
Linux Power Management
The ACPI4Linux Project, phobos.fs.tum.de/acpi/
ACPI for Linux mail list, phobos.fs.tum.de/mailman/listinfo/acpi
Microsoft OnNow and Power Management
Microsoft OnNow Initiative, http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow/
WinPower mail list, http://www.hwdev.org/winpower.htm
Power Management Tests
Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), http://www.microsoft.com/hwtest/
PCI-SIG FoxFire II test card, http://www.pcisig.com/developers/test_card
Power Management Tools
Intel Developer Tools (ASL compilers, development environments), developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads.htm
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