>> kernel-parameters.txt says what ACPI and APM stand for, but not APIC.
J> Advanced PIC, most likely. Also say what PIC means. J> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APIC will tell more. Not when one is having booting problems and can't connect their modem. >> Also there give some basic apm related parameters, instead of just >> saying see apm.c, which the user is less likely to have handy than >> kernel-parameters.txt. J> As always, patches welcome :) apm.c is in a Debian package that is too big for me to download before my next trip to town. So for now I will just put append="apm=off" as a guess in lilo, as there is no basic mention of how to turn it off in kernel-parameters.txt, as an attempt to stop the total power off that happens on my first boot of the day after 10 or 15 minutes. What I'm saying is that your files should be more self-contained. apic= [APIC,i386] Change the output verbosity whilst booting Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } Change the amount of debugging information output when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c. Drat. All they had to do was add one little Format: { ... } line with the answers. Instead one needs to have the source code to find the answer. Multi megabyte download just for one line of information. And the user might be at a remote site with no net connection too. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/