Re: ACPI vs. APM?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:05:33 +0100 (BST)

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> What's the story on APM vs. ACPI:
>
> If the kernel's ACPI support works, is there any need for APM?
> Will enabling both causing conflicts/problems?

Almost no current BIOS today has working ACPI tables. Older machines are APM
only.

Alan

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