Re: RH6.0 Powerdown problem

[Stanislav Meduna]

Hello,

> The "APM BIOS" is a set of calls within your BIOS that handle
> power management. They are one of the few bits of the BIOS
> with 32bit interfaces that Linux can and does use.

BTW, what are the reasons behind the need to actually
use the BIOS and not driving the hardware directly,
at least for the most common hw? The majority
of users simply want only the powerdown feature.

Is the hw so different and / or proprietary,
or are there technical reasons?

Regards
-- 
                                Stano

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