---
name: "alpm"
section: "4"
platform: "linux"
package: "freebsd-manpages"
version: "6.0-5"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/alpm/4"
---

# alpm(4)

Acer Aladdin 15x3 Power Management controller driver

## NAME

**alpm** – Acer Aladdin 15x3 Power Management controller driver

## SYNOPSIS

**device** **smbus** **device** **smb** **device** **alpm**

## DESCRIPTION

This driver provides access to the Aladdin 15x3 Power Management Unit. Currently, only smbus controller function is implemented.

The embedded SMBus controller of the Aladdin chipset may give you access to the monitoring facilities of your mainboard. See [smb(4)](/smb/4.md) for writing user code to fetch voltages, temperature and so on from the monitoring chip of your mainboard.

## SEE ALSO

[smb(4)](/smb/4.md), [smbus(4)](/smbus/4.md)

## HISTORY

The **alpm** manual page first appeared in FreeBSD 4.0.

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Nicolas Souchu ⟨nsouch@FreeBSD.org⟩

## BUGS

Only polling mode is supported.