some updates:

-APM v1.2 now
-APM_NO_V12, APM_NO_STANDBY options
-kill notes about startup process which are not true anymore

share/man/man4/man4.i386/apm.4

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"   
-.\"   $NetBSD: apm.4,v 1.7 1999/12/17 10:34:23 joda Exp $
+.\"   $NetBSD: apm.4,v 1.8 1999/12/21 11:27:55 drochner Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd May 18, 1996
 .Dt APM 4 i386
@@ -42,16 +42,9 @@ The
 .Nm apm
 driver provides support for the Advanced Power Managment features of
 some i386 system BIOSes.  The driver supports the Advanced Power
-Management (APM) BIOS Interface Specification (revision 1.1), published
+Management (APM) BIOS Interface Specification (revision 1.2), published
 jointly by the Intel Corporation and the Microsoft Corporation.
 .Pp
-The boot loader connects to the APM bios while the system is still
-operating in i386 real mode, and places the APM bios into 32-bit
-protected mode operation.  The
-.Nx
-kernel start-up routines establish the 32-bit protected mode connection
-to the APM BIOS.
-.Pp
 The APM driver's behavior may be adjusted by specifying any of the
 following kernel configuration options:
 .Bl -tag -width indent -compact
@@ -63,6 +56,11 @@ floppy diskette drives, without this option)
 Use only the APM revision 1.0 specification calls.  (Some systems do not
 implement APM v1.1 very well, and generate weird events instead of the
 expected events when the system suspend key is pressed.)
+.It Dv APM_NO_V12
+Don't attach to the BIOS as APM v1.2 compliant device.
+(In case there are problems with v1.2 support.)
+.It Dv APM_NO_STANDBY
+Do not attempt to put the system into standby mode.
 .It Dv APM_NO_POWEROFF
 Do not attempt to turn off power when halting the system.
 .It Dv APM_FORCE_64KSEG