Any insight on APM on SMP machines?

[Anthony J. Gabrielson]

Hello,
I don't think smp is compatible with APM.  A few kernels back It gave an
error msg that it wasn't compatible, then it stopped.  From what I have
been able to figure out the APM code isn't smp safe.

Hope thats a help,
Anthony 

On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Christoph Doerbeck A242369 wrote:

> 
> Greetings again,
> 
> Does anyone have any pointers towards APM on SMP i386 hardware?  When I
> compile the kernel with SMP, it still winds up without APM support...
> 
> I've seen some hints at limited APM support for the 2.2 kernel
> (on http://www.linuxhq.com) but nothing that clearly defines what I can expect.
> 
> The main feature I want is for the system to power off when I 'halt'.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> - Christoph
> 
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