Re: ATX Power off & SMP-Kernel

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 24 Apr 1999 15:22:57 +0100 (BST)


> Is ACPI support in the works? It bugs me not being able to set any power

I don't know. It is an open (but very hard to read spec)

> is this true? Or would it simply require changing the APM code.

Its quite different. Instead of being BIOS calls it tells you how to poke
the hardware and lets the OS take control

Alan

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