Has it ever? What kernel version are you trying this on?
> I tried with
>
> apm=smp-power-off //no effect
> apm=power-off //this one oopses on boot
This second should work on any kernel since early 2000.
However, there are many SMP machines that cannot be powered off
using APM. APM is not defined for SMP machines, and the result
you got is why APM is not enabled easily on SMP boxes.
> Has someone a hint for me?
You could try ACPI in (very) recent kernels.
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