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.Dd May 14, 2007
.Os
.Dt PMU 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm pmu
.Nd support for Power Management Units found in all Apple laptops and some
desktop Power Macintosh computers
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "pmu* at obio?"
.Cd "nadb* at pmu?"
.Cd "battery* at pmu?"
.Cd "smartbat* at pmu?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for the Power Management Unit found in Apple laptops
and some desktop Power Macintosh computers. Functions controlled by the PMU
include the real time clock, ADB, power, batteries, on some laptops like the
PowerBook 3400c and similar machines it also controls hotkeys and display brightness, on others it provides an
.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
features are present on all machines, for instance Power Macintosh G4 and later
machines don't have ADB, many more recent laptops have display brightness and
backlight control built into the graphics controller instead of the PMU, only a
few older PowerBooks use the PMU for CPU speed control and newer machines use a
different way to access non-volatile memory. However, all known PMUs so far
provide a real time clock and power control.
.Sh Notes by model
Real time clock and power control are present and supported on all machines
that can run NetBSD/macppc, ADB is supported when present.
.Bl -tag
.It Dv PowerBook 2400, 3400c and 3500
Battery status and thermal sensors found on the mainboard and in the battery
pack are supported by the
.Xr battery 4
driver, values can be read via
.Xr envsys 4 . Hotkeys for brightness control are supported, CPU speed control and parameter RAM are present but unsupported.
.It Dv Power Macintosh G4
ADB is not present,
.Xr iic 4
is present but unsupported.
.El
.Sh BUGS
Some features are currently unsupported, like the
.Xr iic 4
bus, access to parameter RAM and CPU speed control.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr battery 4 ,
.Xr cuda 4 ,
.Xr iic 4 ,
.Xr nadb 4 ,
.Xr nvram 4 ,
.Xr obio 4 ,
.Xr pmu 4 ,
.Xr smartbat 4