Writing Device Drivers

System Power Management

System power management consists of turning off the entire computer after saving its state so that it can be returned to the same state immediately when it is turned back on.

To shut down an entire system and later return it to the state it was in prior to the shutdown, it is necessary to:


SPARC only -

System power management is currently implemented only on some SPARC systems supported by the Solaris 8 operating environment.


The Solaris operating environment System Power Management framework provides the following: