Re: poweroff problem

From: Udo A. Steinberg (us15@os.inf.tu-dresden.de)
Date: Sun Apr 06 2003 - 11:37:13 EST

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On 06 Apr 2003 15:24:55 +0100 Alan Cox (AC) wrote:

AC> We rely on the bios for the power off sequences. Many BIOS vendors do
AC> set it up to share the bios code it seems

Ok, but this does not explain why things work with 2.5.66 on the exact same
machine, unless 2.5 had workarounds for BIOS bugs or didn't use the BIOS for
power off. Board is an Asus A7V, BIOS version 1011.

-Udo.

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