From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262569AbUKWBxf (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:53:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262530AbUKWBx0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:53:26 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:20498 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262548AbUKWBwz (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:52:55 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:52:51 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Dave Jones , Len Brown , Chris Wright , Linus Torvalds , Bjorn Helgaas , Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: why use ACPI (Re: 2.6.10-rc2 doesn't boot (if no floppy device)) Message-ID: <20041123015251.GA2927@stusta.de> References: <20041115152721.U14339@build.pdx.osdl.net> <1100819685.987.120.camel@d845pe> <20041118230948.W2357@build.pdx.osdl.net> <1100941324.987.238.camel@d845pe> <20041120124001.GA2829@stusta.de> <1101148138.20008.6.camel@d845pe> <20041123004619.GQ19419@stusta.de> <1101172056.20006.153.camel@d845pe> <20041123012333.GK17249@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041123012333.GK17249@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 08:23:33PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote: >... > I don't think I've ever seen a desktop without APM. > (modulo broken biosen). >... For my old computer (bought 1998) this was true. Unfortunately, my new computer (bought early this year) says: kernel: apm: BIOS not found. I don't know whether it's a hardware problem or "only" a BIOS problem, but it forces me to use ACPI to power off my computer. :-( > Dave cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed