RE: 2.1.102 and APM -- is the patch correct?

C. Scott Ananian (cananian@lcs.mit.edu)
Fri, 15 May 1998 01:23:59 -0400 (EDT)


On Fri, 15 May 1998, Garst R. Reese wrote:

> Hi Scott,
> I have a Laptop with APM. I removed the other #ifndef CONFIG_APM's and
> the #endif's to get 2.1.102 to compile.
> I then suspended and let it sit awhile, then did:
> date ; hwclock
> The two matched. (using apm-1.4)

No, the relevant issue is whether you will get sporadic divide-by-zero
oopsen in your logs after long periods of idle time with APM enabled.
I don't think that 'date; hwclock' is a valid check.

The correct solution is to replace the removed #ifdefs, not remove the
others protecting you.
--Scott
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