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.Dd May 25, 2019
.Dt ACPIPMTR 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm acpipmtr
.Nd ACPI Power Meter
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "acpipmtr* at acpi?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
device driver provides support for
.Dq power meters .
These are sensors that approximate the current
power consumption of the system.
Alternatively, a power meter may measure also the power gain
when the system is connected to an external power supply.
.Pp
The available information (namely, the power consumption)
is made available through the
.Xr envsys 4
.Tn API
and the
.Xr envstat 8
command.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acpi 4 ,
.Xr acpibat 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver appeared in
.Nx 6.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Jukka Ruohonen
.Aq Mt jruohonen@iki.fi
.Sh CAVEATS
The
.Nm
driver is experimental.