Re: ACPI thoughts

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:15:26 +0000 (GMT)


> Does APM support catching soft power-off on ATX boards too? It would be
> very cool if my PC shut down properly when the power switch is pressed
> (like most workstations do). I know that ACPI covers soft power off, is
> it possible to implement it without ACPI (all motherboards I own unfortunately
> don't have real ACPI bios)

What chipsets do you have, if you are feeling adventurous then the SiS
docs at least tell you how to use the acpi related hardware directly

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