Re: [x86_64] soft power-off question

Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
17 Jun 2003 09:26:53 +0200


Michal Jaegermann <michal@harddata.com> writes:

> Is it possible to turn off power on a dual processor x86_64 board with
> 'halt -p' or similar? If yes then what is needed on a kernel level?

You need ACPI.

> I know that this does not work with "distribution" kernels.

It works fine with SuSE kernels.

-Andi
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