RE: How to Power off with ACPI/APM?

[Grover, Andrew]

> From: Michael D. Crawford [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > How is each of your setups, ie, what is compiled in kernel 
> and what is 
> > a module ? My guess is: 
> > - ACPI+APM in kernel: ACPI wins 
> > - APM in kernel, ACPI module; APM starts, blocks ACPI 
> > - and so on.... 
> 
> Nope.  If they're both in the kernel, APM wins.
 
> Many folks have given me tips on getting power off to work, 
> I'll screw around to
> see if I can get it to go.  But I guess the fact that ACPI 
> exits if APM is
> enabled is a real bug.

Hey, that's not a bug, that's a feature! ;) ACPI and APM cannot both be
active, so we check on init. However, the fact that the help says ACPI
always wins is incorrect, and will be fixed.

Regards -- Andy