From 7d4da4153b18f76fc050d2e63af3f489b25bba36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ceri Davies Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 16:47:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve some grammar in the ACPI introduction. Part of this commit was... Submitted by: Christopher Dempsey --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml index 5d2add9690..8789133782 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml @@ -2171,17 +2171,17 @@ kern.maxfiles: 2088 -> 5000 efficient manner. Before ACPI was introduced, it was very difficult and inflexible for operating systems to manage the power usage and thermal properties of a system. The hardware was - either controlled by some sort of BIOS embedded - interface, i.e.: Plug and Play BIOS (PNPBIOS), + controlled by some sort of BIOS embedded + interface, such as Plug and Play BIOS (PNPBIOS), or Advanced Power Management (APM) and so on. Power and Resource Management is one of the key components of a modern - operating system. For example, you would want an operating system to - monitor system limits (and possibly take an action), in case your system + operating system. For example, you may want an operating system to + monitor system limits (and possibly alert you) in case your system temperature increased unexpectedly. In this section of the FreeBSD Handbook, we will provide comprehensive information about ACPI. References - will be provided for further reading, at the end. Please be aware + will be provided for further reading at the end. Please be aware that ACPI is only available on FreeBSD 5.X and above.