Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
begin Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:37:47 -0500) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: Good discussion on this topic.. I'd like to add that during some of my testing on UnitedLinux 1.0 w/2.4.19 kernel, which has acpi

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread Aaron Grewell
at 23:14, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: What is the difference in APM vs ACPI for power management? Are they two exclusive methods of controling shutdown, etc. or is ACPI an advanced version of APM? When I build a kernel can I specify both or do I choose one? Well, here is the difference

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % Thank you! So I should choose ACPI when I build a kernel since my board % supports it and disable APM. Actually, if you compile in both, the kernel will use ACPI by default and disable APM, otherwise it will use APM. You can have both at the same

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread kwall
Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % Okay, I see now. Thank you (I don't have much erudition on this subject % G). % % Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % % Thank you! So I should choose ACPI when I build a kernel since my board % % supports it and disable APM. % %

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Thank you! I'll save this and check this out. I assume we put these on the LILO command line? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: Good discussion on this topic.. I'd like to add that during some of my testing on UnitedLinux 1.0 w/2.4.19 kernel, which has

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Right! Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % Okay, I see now. Thank you (I don't have much erudition on this subject % G). % % Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % % Thank you! So I should choose ACPI when I build a kernel since my board % % supports it and disable

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-21 Thread Marvin Dickens
In my opinion, the best thing about acpi, at least from the standpoint of an AMD user is the ability to throttle the speed of the processor in real time (Using autospeedstep http://gpsdrive.kraftvoll.at/speedstep.shtml ). Best Peck ___ Linux-users

APM vs ACPI

2002-12-20 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
What is the difference in APM vs ACPI for power management? Are they two exclusive methods of controling shutdown, etc. or is ACPI an advanced version of APM? When I build a kernel can I specify both or do I choose one? -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt Registered Linux User

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-20 Thread Marvin Dickens
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 23:14, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: What is the difference in APM vs ACPI for power management? Are they two exclusive methods of controling shutdown, etc. or is ACPI an advanced version of APM? When I build a kernel can I specify both or do I choose one? Well, here

Re: APM vs ACPI

2002-12-20 Thread Collins
On 20 Dec 2002 23:50:47 -0500 Marvin Dickens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 23:14, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: What is the difference in APM vs ACPI for power management? Are they two exclusive methods of controling shutdown, etc. or is ACPI an advanced version of APM? When I