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From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
To: Marc Giger <gigerstyle@gmx.ch>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Power off a SMP Box
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 02:03:58 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030103020358.2c0e6714.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030102135350.24315441.gigerstyle@gmx.ch>

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 13:53:50 +0100 Marc Giger <gigerstyle@gmx.ch> wrote:
>
> My "problem" is that my Dual-Box won't power off itself after a shutdown.

Has it ever?  What kernel version are you trying this on?

> I tried with 
> 
> apm=smp-power-off	//no effect
> apm=power-off		//this one oopses on boot

This second should work on any kernel since early 2000.

However, there are many SMP machines that cannot be powered off
using APM.  APM is not defined for SMP machines, and the result
you got is why APM is not enabled easily on SMP boxes.

> Has someone a hint for me?

You could try ACPI in (very) recent kernels.

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

  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-02 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-02 12:53 Marc Giger
2003-01-02 15:03 ` Stephen Rothwell [this message]
2003-01-02 15:40   ` Marc Giger
2003-01-06 23:00     ` Pavel Machek
2003-01-11 12:10       ` ACPI power off requires swsusp (was: Re: Power off a SMP Box) Tobias Ringstrom
2003-01-12  4:05         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-01-02 15:21 ` Power off a SMP Box Jurriaan

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