Re: proposal - Debian laptop package/distribution
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> i'd like to see apm work "out of the box" too. can anyone explain to me why
> apm isn't available as a kernel module? is it just something no one has
> done yet, or is their a reason it's impossible.
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Apm when compiled sets a #define in large sections of kernel code. Module for
apm is not horribly hard, but how do you make a module of every piece of code
that needs apm? Plus note that pcmcia compiles code for apm if apm is on or
not, this is why you have to recompile it.
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