Re: ATX Power off & SMP-Kernel

Michael Mess (michael@kawo2.rwth-aachen.de)
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 15:35:59 +0200


Hi!

Why is APM completely disabled?
The ATX-Power-off could work with multiple processors, because it will
only be used when the system is down already.

Greetings, Michael

Mikko Hyvarinen wrote:
>
> Michael Mess wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Why doesn't my SMP-Kernel turn the power off after system halt?
>
> Turning the power off is an APM feature. APM is not SMP-safe and is
> disabled in SMP kernels. You've just experienced the results of bad
> standard design.
>
> -Mikko Hyvarinen

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