Re: proposal - Debian laptop package/distribution

[Adam Shand <larry@alaska.net>]

> 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.

hrrm, right ... gotcha.  

sure would be nice though wouldn't it?  could play with all those apm
options by un/loading the module rather then having to recompile and reboot
:).

you could have all the pieces of code which are apm sensitive check to see
if apm is currently enabled and modify their behavior accordingly rather
then statically defining it at compile time.  i'm not sure what the
overheads/complications of that would be though.

adam.