ACPIDALB(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual ACPIDALB(4)
NAME
acpidalbDirect Application Launch Buttons
SYNOPSIS
acpidalb* at acpi?
DESCRIPTION
This driver provides support for PNP0C32 ACPI hotkeys a.k.a. “The Direct Application Launch Buttons”.
 
These are recognized on startup from system-wake or at runtime. Behaviour may differ from the standard specification in relation to the ACPI implementation.
 
The hotkeys are reported to the power management daemon as hotkey_button.
SEE ALSO
acpi(4), powerd(8)
 
The PNP0C32 specification is described in:
Microsoft Corporation, Direct Application Launch from System Startup on Windows Vista, October 26, 2006, http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/vista/DirAppLaunch.mspx.
HISTORY
The acpidalb driver appeared in NetBSD 5.0.
AUTHORS
This driver was written for NetBSD by Christoph Egger.