Re: 2 questions - ATX power-off + submissions

Kurt Garloff (garloff@kg1.ping.de)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 23:44:51 +0200 (CEST)


On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> >AFAIK this is done by an APM BIOS call. The Hardware is a Flip-Flop on
> >your board and the soft power line of your power supply. There is a
> >Standby power line ...
>
> So to power off by software ATX matherboards I need to compile in the
> kernel the APM code? I never used the APM code, but I' d like that linux
> power off my ATX matherboard when I halt the system...

Correct. To be more precise:
CONFIG_APM_POWER_OFF=y

Kurt Garloff, Dortmund
<K.Garloff@ping.de>