Re: poweroff problem

[Alan Cox]

On Sul, 2003-04-06 at 19:20, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > I can't find any specific A7V workarounds in 2.5.66 ACPI code, so I guess
> > the ACPI code in 2.4 isn't up-to-date.
> > 
> > The original poster's problem is then probably indeed related to a buggy BIOS
> > if it doesn't even powerdown with APM.
> 
> The original poster said his kernel was 2.4.2-2, which looks like a 
> RedHat one and could have contained ACPI...

No Red Hat production kernel so far contains ACPI. As the reliability improves
and the quality of BIOS ACPI code rises that may change.

2.4.2 is also obsolete, and about five erratas back including security
ones.