Re: unwanted disk access by the kernel?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:02:30 +0000 (GMT)

> By the way, if I enable 'APM makes CPU idle calls when idle,' I get a
> constant stream of 'apm_do_idle failed (3)' messages. APM also doesn't seem
> to be able to power the machine down... This is a Dell Inspiron 7500...
> Maybe I should try ACPI?

ACPI is a bit experimental right now but if you want some fun then obviously
the more people who break the ACPI code the better.

Alan
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