Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:44:43 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: ACPI and apm_saver? Message-ID: <XFMail.20021122114443.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3DDE4D01.2010908@cvzoom.net>
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On 22-Nov-2002 Donn Miller wrote: > ACPI works pretty well on my HP Pavilion Notebook. But is it possible > to get the apm saver (apm_saver.ko) to work with ACPI? From what I > understand, acpi is a superset of apm, and is able to provide some > emulation of apm functionality. So, by this principle, shouldn't > apm_saver work with acpi? > > I've got these in my /etc/rc.conf: > > apm_enable="YES" > apmd_enable="YES" > saver="apm" > > Please correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm sure I am. But the standby mode > works great when I press the button or close the lid. ACPI is very different from APM. It provides some of the same functionality from a user perspective, but it is not backwards compatiable with APM at a hardware perspective, so apm_saver will not work with ACPI. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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