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.Dd May 18, 2008
.Dt ACPIDALB 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm acpidalb
.Nd Direct Application Launch Buttons
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "acpidalb* at acpi?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This driver provides support for
.Tn PNP0C32
.Tn ACPI
hotkeys a.k.a.
.Dq The Direct Application Launch Buttons .
.Pp
These are recognized on startup from system-wake or at runtime.
Behaviour may differ from the standard specification in relation
to the
.Tn ACPI
implementation.
.Pp
The hotkeys are reported to the power management daemon as
.Em hotkey_button .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acpi 4 ,
.Xr powerd 8
.Pp
The
.Tn PNP0C32
specification is described in:
.Rs
.%A Microsoft Corporation
.%D October 26, 2006
.%T Direct Application Launch from System Startup on Windows Vista
.%U http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/vista/DirAppLaunch.mspx
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver
appeared in
.Nx 5.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
This driver was written for
.Nx
by
.An Christoph Egger .