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> Repeat with me:
>
> while (!convinced) {
> APM is good.
> ACPI is bad.
> }
Why even bother with the (!convinced) if ACPI is at the root of all the
various Laptop problems and lock ups being reported recently ?!
Thanks,
Owen
On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 00:25, Juan Quintela wrote:
>
> >>>>> "os" == OS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> os> (Sorry if this is in some weird font I am having a few problems
with fonts
> os> right now !!!)
>
> os> Hello,
>
> os> Could some kind person give me an ACPI how-to please.
>
> os> APMD seems to get worse with every release ! However, I understand
that the
> os> latest kernel has ACPI built into it. How do I use it ? Is it
possible to
> os> remove APMD altogether ?
>
> Repeat with me:
>
> while (!convinced) {
> APM is good.
> ACPI is bad.
> }
>
> ACPI is a bad intent for part of Microsoft + Intel of getting the BIOS
> back on the middle of operations, i.e. you can't talk with the
> hardware, you can only talk with ACPI, and ACPI _could_ do things like
> send information over the network and things like that.
>
> (notice the _could_ part).
>
> ACPI is not enabled in the current kernel (linux implementation is
> quite inmature yet).
>
> Later, Juan.
>
> os> Thanks,
> os> Owen
>
>
>
> --
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> are different -- Larry McVoy
>
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