Re: Kernel Image with APM (Was: Things left to do for release.)
Adam Di Carlo writes:
> > it will never be part of the stock kernel. You have to build your
> > own kernel if you want APM, that that's how it will *always* be on
> > x86.
Neale Pickett <neale@lanl.gov> wrote:
> That's just wrong.
>
> Really.
Actually, what's wrong is the APM spec -- it requires that the bios manage
every piece of equipment hooked up to your machine during power shutdown.
[Which is silly and thus frequently has bad consequences.]
However, if you want to see APM as a standard part of the debian kernel,
why not figure out how to make it a loadable module? [As I understand
it, this won't be pretty, but I don't really have any specifics on
this issue.] If it's a loadable module it doesn't have to be enabled
on machines where it would cause damage.
--
Raul
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