Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 14th Jul 2007 19:38 UTC, submitted by mark
Linux "Major Linux distributors have been shipping ACPI in Linux for several years, yet mis-perceptions about ACPI persist in the Linux community. This paper addresses the most common myths about ACPI in Linux [.pdf]." In addition, there are proposals to utilise kexec-based hibernation in Linux.
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OLS-2007
by poohgee on Sat 14th Jul 2007 21:33 UTC
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The acpi pdf is just one of many interesting reads in the 2 full OLS2007 papers & this one is quite untechnical compared to the rest .

https://ols2006.108.redhat.com/2007/Reprints/

BTW the V1&2 pdf papers contain all the stuff below them .