From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763100AbYEGP21 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2008 11:28:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760089AbYEGP2G (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2008 11:28:06 -0400 Received: from chilli.pcug.org.au ([203.10.76.44]:49368 "EHLO smtps.tip.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759981AbYEGP2E (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2008 11:28:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 01:27:56 +1000 From: Stephen Rothwell To: Niels de Vos Cc: linux-laptop@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] apm: make apm=power-off configurable like apm=realmode-power-off Message-Id: <20080508012756.9b9bbe5c.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <4821C581.8050409@wincor-nixdorf.com> References: <4821B4BD.9010402@wincor-nixdorf.com> <20080508004605.cc2e1531.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <4821C581.8050409@wincor-nixdorf.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0beta3 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Thu__8_May_2008_01_27_56_+1000_Z9QMJ2Gp03o5vITa" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Signature=_Thu__8_May_2008_01_27_56_+1000_Z9QMJ2Gp03o5vITa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 07 May 2008 17:06:41 +0200 Niels de Vos wrote: > > Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > Hi Neils, > >=20 > > On Wed, 07 May 2008 15:55:09 +0200 Niels de Vos wrote: > >> On some systems (with broken BIOSes?) apm=3Dpower-off should be append= ed > >> as kernel parameter. apm=3Drealmode-power-off is configurable during=20 > >> compile-time. apm=3Dpower-off should be configurable likewise. > >> > >> On non-SMP systems apm=3Dpower-off is the default. For kernels with SMP > >> support it is not. > >=20 > > We had a similar compile time option that we removed in 2.3.26pre1 in > > favour of the kernel parameter ... >=20 > Okay, but why not have both options like apm=3Drealmode-power-off? It was a long time ago ... and APM must be almost dead my now, surely? :-) Maybe I just never got around to removing the compile time config of real mode power off. --=20 Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/ --Signature=_Thu__8_May_2008_01_27_56_+1000_Z9QMJ2Gp03o5vITa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIIcqCTgG2atn1QN8RAoeeAJ944FBOjKE1kuNWWZol0R/unUeOYwCdH7FF 6roU8hRkU9fte2hvZBPzzZs= =d2CL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__8_May_2008_01_27_56_+1000_Z9QMJ2Gp03o5vITa--