Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification

ACPI Source Language (ASL)Reference
Arguments
Source and ShiftCount are evaluated as Integers.
Description
Source is shifted right with the most significant bit zeroed ShiftCount times. The result is optionally
stored into Result.
19.6.117 Signal (Signal a Synchronization Event)
Syntax
Signal (SyncObject)
Arguments
SynchObject must be an Event synchronization object.
Description
The Event object is signaled once, allowing one invocation to acquire the event.
19.6.118 SizeOf (Get Data Object Size)
Syntax
SizeOf (ObjectName) => Integer
Arguments
ObjectName must be a buffer, string or package object.
Description
Returns the size of a buffer, string, or package data object.
For a buffer, it returns the size in bytes of the data. For a string, it returns the size in bytes of the
string, not counting the trailing NULL. For a package, it returns the number of elements. For an
object reference, the size of the referenced object is returned. Other data types cause a fatal run-time
error.
19.6.119 Sleep (Milliseconds Sleep)
Syntax
Sleep (MilliSeconds)
Arguments
The Sleep term is used to implement long-term timing requirements. Execution is delayed for at
least the required number of milliseconds.
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