begin Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:37:47 -0500)
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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
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
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
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.
%
%
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
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
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
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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?
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Brett I. Holcomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
AKA Grunt
Registered Linux User
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
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
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