linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] apm: make apm=power-off configurable like apm=realmode-power-off

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Message-Id: <20080508004605.cc2e1531.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 8 May 2008 00:46:05 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Niels de Vos <niels.devos@...cor-nixdorf.com>
Cc:	linux-laptop@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] apm: make apm=power-off configurable like
 apm=realmode-power-off

Hi Neils,

On Wed, 07 May 2008 15:55:09 +0200 Niels de Vos <niels.devos@...cor-nixdorf.com> wrote:
>
> On some systems (with broken BIOSes?) apm=power-off should be appended
> as kernel parameter. apm=realmode-power-off is configurable during 
> compile-time. apm=power-off should be configurable likewise.
> 
> On non-SMP systems apm=power-off is the default. For kernels with SMP
> support it is not.

We had a similar compile time option that we removed in 2.3.26pre1 in
favour of the kernel parameter ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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