Andy Poling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The more recent kernels have an option, under APM when configuring the
> kernel, to power off the system after a shutdown. If your mboard fully
> supports APM, this may get the machine turned off for you.
>
> I have no idea whether it is undesireable to have APM enabled on a member of
> a computing cluster...
I think this is relevant since it's posted to linux-smp. APM is
incompatible with SMP linux kernels. In fact, it's incompatible with _any_
SMP OS, because the APM BIOS spec itself isn't SMP safe.
Later,
Dale
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