Summary of ACPI support in Windows

This article summarizes the subset of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 5.0 features that are required to support Windows on SoC-based platforms.

Feature	Section of ACPI 5.0 specification	Notes
System description tables	5.2.5	Root System Description Pointer (RSDP)
	5.2.7, 5.2.8	Either of Root (RSDT) or Extended (XSDT) System Description Tables
	5.2.9	Fixed ACPI Description Table (FADT)
	5.2.12	Multiple APIC Description Table (MADT)
	5.2.24	Generic Timer Description Table (GTDT)
	5.2.6	Core System Resources Table (CSRT) Specification
	5.2.6	Debug Port Table 2 (DBG2) Specification
	5.2.11.1	Differentiated System Description Table (DSDT)
	5.2.11.2	Secondary System Description Table (SSDT)
Device management	6.1	Device Identification Objects
	6.2	Device Configuration Objects
GPIO	5.6.5.1	GPIO controller devices
	5.6.5	GPIO-signaled ACPI events
	6.4.3.8.1, 19.5.53, 19.5.54	GPIO resource descriptors and macros
	5.5.2.4.4	GeneralPurposeIO OpRegions
Simple peripheral bus (SPB)	6.4.3.8.2, 19.5.55, 19.5.118, 19.5.134	SPB resource descriptors and macros
		GenericSerialBus OpRegions
Device power management	3.3
	7.1	Power Resources
	7.2	Device Power Management Objects
ACPI-defined devices	9.0, 10
	9.5	Control Method Power Button
	9.4	Control Method Lid Device
	10.2	Control Method Battery device
	9.18	Control Method Time and Alarm device
	11	Thermal Zones
Device-specific support	8.4	Processors
	Appendix B	Displays
	6.1.8, 9.13	USB
		SD bus
		Cameras
		HID-over-I2C devices
	3.2.1, 4.8.2.2.1.2, 4.8.2.2.1.3	Buttons
		Dock and convertible PC sensors