Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification
Revision Change Description Affected Sections
Removed “TODO” note. Updated example
Repaired diagram that would not display properly
Figure 15-1
Corrected error conditions from “fatal” to “corrected
Corrected several incorrect section references,
Clarified number of Generic Error Data Entry
structures is >=1 (not Zero)
Clarified number of Generic Error Data Entry
structures is >=1 (not Zero)
Added new section clarifying SCI notification for
generic error sources
Added new section describing Firmware First error
handling
Clarified purpose of the codes Table 17-17
Added reference to table of COMMAND_STATUS
codes Table 17-23
Clarified purpose of the command status codes in
Table 17-27 and the error type definitions in Table 17-
28
Added _ATT resource descriptor field name
Clarified rules for Buffer vs. Integer return types from
a field unit
Corrected section/page reference
10.4.1
10.5
15.1
17.1
17.3.1
17.3.2.6.1
17.3.2.6.2
17.4
17.5.1.1
17.6.1
17.6.3
18.1.8
18.5.44,89
18.5.101
4.0
June 2009
3.0b
Oct. 2006
3.0a
Dec. 2005
3.0
Sept. 2004
2.0c
Aug. 2003
Major specification revision. Clock Domains, x2APIC
Support, Logical Processor Idling, Corrected Platform
Error Polling Table, Maximum System Characteristics
Table, Power Metering and Budgeting, IPMI
Operation Region, USB3 Support in _PLD, Reevaluation
of _PPC acknowledgement via _OST,
Thermal Model Enhancements, _OSC at \_SB, Wake
Alarm Device, Battery Related Extensions, Memory
Bandwidth Monitoring and Reporting, ACPI Hardware
Error Interfaces, D3hot.
Errata corrected and clarifications added.
Errata corrected and clarifications added.
Major specification revision. General configuration
enhancements. Inter-Processor power, performance,
and throttling state dependency support added.
Support for > 256 processors added. NUMA
Distancing support added. PCI Express support
added. SATA support added. Ambient Light Sensor
and User Presence device support added. Thermal
model extended beyond processor-centric support.
Errata corrected and clarifications added.
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