>> I am writing this message from a kernel compiled with SMP
>> support that has APM turned on because the machine it is running
>> on happens to have only one CPU.
>The spec isnt clear on this sort of stuff at all. I suspect it will work
>(most APM bioses are SMP safe btw - but those that are not fail in
>subtle and interesting ways). The right answer is to ACPI support
OK, but that is not related to what my patch does.
All that my patch does is enables a system that still has
only one processor but happens to be running a kernel compiled with SMP
to use APM. This way, I can have one kernel binary for both types
of systems. It does not (or should not--I wish somebody would try it)
activate APM if there is more than one CPU.
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