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Make the distinction between sysctl kernel environment variables and

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device.hints kernel environment variables when disabling ACPI.

Some users are getting confused when they see hint.acpi.0.disabled.
They are confusing it with a sysctl MIB.

Finally, add a reference for device.hints(5) and kenv(1)
in the "SEE ALSO" section of the man page.

PR:		docs/62974
Submitted by:	Christian S.J. Peron <maneo@bsdpro.com>
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Wes Peters 2004-02-17 20:38:49 +00:00
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@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ To disable the
.Nm
driver completely, set the kernel environment variable
.Va hint.acpi.0.disabled
to 1.
to 1 in the device resource hints file
.Pa /boot/device.hints .
Some i386 machines totally fail to operate with some or all of ACPI disabled.
Other i386 machines fail with ACPI enabled.
Non-i386 platforms do not support operating systems which do not use ACPI.
@ -363,7 +364,9 @@ latency when an interrupt occurs.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
ACPI is only found and supported on i386/ia32, ia64, and amd64.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kenv 1 ,
.Xr acpi_thermal 4 ,
.Xr device.hints 5 ,
.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
.Xr acpiconf 8 ,
.Xr acpidump 8 ,