Re: Odd APM oops

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:21:08 +0100 (BST)


> Right. Power off on shutdown *is* SMP safe. That's why the
> apm=smp-power-off option exists.

No power off on shutdown is not SMP safe. It kind of happens to work on a lot
of boards. If making that APM call reformats your disk and plays tetris
on an SMP box the bios vendor is within spec (if a little peculiar).

No APM call of any kind is SMP safe.

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