> > From: Derrik <dpates@kalifornia.com>
> > Subject: APM in Linux 2.1.x
> > Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 15:46:19 +1000
> >
> > The current APM driver in the latest Linux 2.1.x kernels is apparently
> > broken - at least, for sure, with GCC 2.8.1 and binutils 2.9.1.0.13. On
> > the 2.1.124 kernel I get this while compiling arch/i386/kernel/apm.c:
> >
> > apm.c: In function `apm_get_event':
> > apm.c:474: fixed or forbidden register was spilled.
> > This may be due to a compiler bug or to impossible asm
> > statements or clauses.
> > cpp: output pipe has been closed
> >
> > Is this a known issue, and is the code being worked on? It's been this way
> > for several versions now, since the last big change to the kernel APM
> > driver code. If there is a patch, I would appreciate receiving it and hope
> > that it goes inoto the kernel tree soon. Please make sure to reply to this
> > address if you reply - I'm not currently subscribed to linux-kernel (more
> > message volume than I can deal with, unfortunately). TIA.
>
> It is a known problem, the patch is on my home page.
>
Does this also fix the APM/console blanking brokenness?
(ie if the monitor turns off, when it comes back on all vts are black on
black)
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