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27.Dd May 14, 2007
28.Os
29.Dt PMU 4
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pmu
32.Nd support for Power Management Units found in all Apple laptops and some
33desktop Power Macintosh computers
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "pmu* at obio?"
36.Cd "nadb* at pmu?"
37.Cd "battery* at pmu?"
38.Cd "smartbat* at pmu?"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver provides support for the Power Management Unit found in Apple laptops
43and some desktop Power Macintosh computers. Functions controlled by the PMU
44include the real time clock, ADB, power, batteries, on some laptops like the
45PowerBook 3400c and similar machines it also controls hotkeys and display brightness, on others it provides an
46.Xr iic 4 bus and on some it controls CPU speed. On many older machines it also provides access to some non-volatile memory and thermal sensors. Not all those
47features are present on all machines, for instance Power Macintosh G4 and later
48machines don't have ADB, many more recent laptops have display brightness and
49backlight control built into the graphics controller instead of the PMU, only a
50few older PowerBooks use the PMU for CPU speed control and newer machines use a
51different way to access non-volatile memory. However, all known PMUs so far
52provide a real time clock and power control.
53.Sh Notes by model
54Real time clock and power control are present and supported on all machines
55that can run NetBSD/macppc, ADB is supported when present.
56.Bl -tag
57.It Dv PowerBook 2400, 3400c and 3500
58Battery status and thermal sensors found on the mainboard and in the battery
59pack are supported by the
60.Xr battery 4
61driver, values can be read via
62.Xr envsys 4 . Hotkeys for brightness control are supported, CPU speed control and parameter RAM are present but unsupported.
63.It Dv Power Macintosh G4
64ADB is not present,
65.Xr iic 4
66is present but unsupported.
67.El
68.Sh BUGS
69Some features are currently unsupported, like the
70.Xr iic 4
71bus, access to parameter RAM and CPU speed control.
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr battery 4 ,
74.Xr cuda 4 ,
75.Xr iic 4 ,
76.Xr nadb 4 ,
77.Xr nvram 4 ,
78.Xr obio 4 ,
79.Xr pmu 4 ,
80.Xr smartbat 4
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