ACPI Modules

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These are the kernel modules that need to be loaded in order to use some of the features of ACPI.

  • ac - AC adapter information
  • battery - Battery information
  • fan
  • button - Enables accesing info about ACPI-controlled buttons (like the Power button and the LID button)
  • video
  • thermal - Driver for the Thermal Zone (/proc/acpi/thermal_zone)
  • processor - Loads the ACPI processor driver (/proc/acpi/processor)
  • container - Loads the ACPI container driver
  • vendor-specific drivers (eg acer_acpi, thinkpad-acpi)