Le Vendredi 20 Septembre 2002 17:46, Rolf Pedersen a écrit :
> Stéphane Teletchéa wrote:
> > It seems my mobo is an APIC-only one.
> > Why doesn't it be included in the kernel ?
> > (Too much work, unstable, ???)
> > My old win98 can handle power off the cpu without any trouble.
> >
> > Is linux older ?
> >
> > Stef, a bit disappointed.
>
> Thinking, from memory, your hardware is, in respects, similar to mine
> (Iwill XP333R, hpt372 onboard), I suggest that I must rebuild a kernel,
> changing only to the following switch, to be able to power down w/o a
> kernel panic:
>
> CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y

Thanks for the advice, but i still wonder why it is not activated.
I presume this would be needed for end-user, even if it is just a little fix.

Stef

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