doc: reference: pm: move terms to glossary

Glossary is a place where all terms can be defined, so move them there.
Some terms have been slightly adjusted and SOC interface remove since it
was not much relevant.

Signed-off-by: Gerard Marull-Paretas <gerard.marull@nordicsemi.no>
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Gerard Marull-Paretas 2021-11-09 16:59:40 +01:00 committed by Christopher Friedt
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specified by the build system can be over-ridden by the application,
if desired.
device runtime power management
Device Runtime Power Management (PM) refers the capability of devices to
save energy independently of the the system power state. Devices will keep
reference of their usage and will automatically be suspended or resumed.
This feature is enabled via the :kconfig:`CONFIG_PM_DEVICE_RUNTIME`
Kconfig option.
idle thread
A system thread that runs when there are no other threads ready to run.
IDT
(Interrupt Descriptor Table) a data structure used by the x86
architecture to implement an interrupt vector table. The IDT is used
@ -65,9 +75,17 @@ Glossary of Terms
The set of Zephyr-supplied files that implement the Zephyr kernel,
including its core services, device drivers, network stack, and so on.
power gating
Power gating reduces power consumption by shutting off areas of an
integrated circuit that are not in use.
SoC
`System on a chip`_
system power state
System power states describe the power consumption of the system as a
whole. System power states are are represented by :c:enum:`pm_state`.
west
A multi-repo meta-tool developed for the Zephyr project. See :ref:`west`.