Re: APM/ACPI

Sean Middleditch (smiddle@twp.ypsilanti.mi.us)
02 Nov 2001 13:41:52 -0500


OK, so there's a good chance then that if I compile in ACPI I can have
things work OK. Do I need something besides apmd to handle all that?
Will stuff like the GNOME battery applet still work?

Sean Etc.

On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 13:42, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I dunno, perhaps there is some proprietary protocol? Is ACPI backwards
> > compat with APM? I mean, if the laptop doesn't support APM, would that
> > mean it can't support ACPI?
>
> ACPI and APM are exclusive but a BIOS can contain both. Its up to the OS
> not to try and run both together.
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