Re: [PATCH] APM patch updated for 2.1.124

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:34:28 +0100 (BST)

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> > APM will never be SMP safe, the problem is at the BIOS level not Linux
>
> I thought Linux was supposed to throw away the BIOS and use its own
> routines? Is there a clear case for an implementation that ignores the
> BIOS completely and uses its own APM routines, or is it too hard or what?

APM is a 32bit bios callback, designed for the OS to be able to talk to, and
no you cant do anything about it. ACPI is a much smarter (but currently so
buggy its not funny) way of doing things. ACPI basically describes the
power and configuration to the OS and lets the OS handle it.

Alan

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