Re: [Plug] power management?

[Jason Staloff <jstaloff@libertynet.org>]

Well, here goes. My BIOS does support APM, so I'll read the relevant 
HOWTOs and get ready to build my first custom kernel.

Thanks!  JAS


> Martin DiViaio wrote:
> >
> > As long as your BIOS supports APM, yes. You have to recompile your
> > kernel.
> >
> > If you use menuconfig; "Advanced Power Management BIOS Support" is under
> > "Character Devices."
> >
>
> Opps, almost forgot. If you let the CPU go completely to sleep there may
> be a problem with Linux's software clock getting out of sync with the
> hardware clock. If this happens to you, go to
> http://www.wpi.edu/~jmhill/LinuxPage/apmdoc1.html for an explanation on
> how to fix it. (Basically it requires you to change a routine in apm.c
> of the kernel that forces the clocks to synchronize when the CPU wakes
> up.)
>
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