A set of 24 Linux kernel patches released to provide ACPI infrastructure support for RISC-V processor architecture

CTOnews.com, January 31, Sunil V L of Ventana Micro Systems today released a total of 24 Linux kernel patches that provide ACPI infrastructure support for RISC-V processor architecture.

Ventana was founded in 2018 to become a "RISC-V performance leader". The company released today a patch for the Linux kernel that enables advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) infrastructure on the RISC-V processor architecture.

Ventana showed relevant manuscripts as early as the RISC-V Summit in 2021, which contained a great deal of technology-related information. This document also involves the upstream (upstream) RISC-V ACPI platform specification, which meets the ACPI requirements of the RISC-V server platform.

CTOnews.com small class: advanced configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an open standard for operating system power management and hardware configuration interface jointly proposed by Intel, Microsoft and Toshiba in 1997. it replaces advanced power management, multiprocessor specification, and old plug and play specification. In August 2000, Compaq and Phoenix Technology joined in and launched the ACPI 2.0 specification. In September 2004, Hewlett-Packard replaced Compaq with the ACPI 3.0 specification.