Le Lundi 23 Septembre 2002 12:00, Guy.Bormann a écrit : > On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, [iso-8859-15] Stéphane Teletchéa wrote: > > It seems my mobo is an APIC-only one. > > ACPI, you mean?
Yes > > Why doesn't it be included in the kernel ? > > (Too much work, unstable, ???) > > Bad, unconsistent implementation in BIOSes, although it is getting better, > 'they say.' OK. > > My old win98 can handle power off the cpu without any trouble. > > Yeah right, unless it is acceptable for the computer to hang in the power > down process, making you wonder if the sync-to-disk has finished so that > you can savely switch it off manually. And maybe there is a big > switch-case statement in Win98 for all the motherboards around. Hmm, > maybe that's where the performance drop comes from :-) Hey, we could > mimick this to better reflect Windows behavior so that we don't scare > those users from switching to Linux. We have performance in(?) spare > anyway. > BTW, my computer switches off quite nicely, I haven't tried sleeping or > hybernation lately though... Neither I. Only power off. OK. > > Is linux older ? > > Yes, in fact it is (foundation-wise) and not so full of half-working > features, although it is changing (both ways). ... > > Stef, a bit disappointed. > > > Well, that's the nature of the game I'm afraid. The question is how long > do you stay disappointed with each OS. > > Guy, a bit less disappointed since he made "The Switch" (a long time ago). I know that, may be a little depressed those cloudy days. Last of all : rc3 is very fantastic, Mdk is improving ... Stef
