Re: Making the power button smarter?
On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 04:57, Brian Kendig wrote:
>
> But, that said, I've still got some confusion about apm/acpi that a web
> search hasn't cleared up, so more guidance would be appreciated. :)
> Specifically...
>
> - apm was the 'old' interface for handling power management, and acpi
> is the 'new' interface, right? Does the PC's BIOS determine which one
> of these the PC supports, and it won't support the other? I ask
> because I searched for info on my Dell Latitude CPi D266XT, and I've
> found reference to people using apm and/or acpi on it, and I'm not sure
> how that is. My laptop's BIOS setup screen makes reference to power
> conservation features which 'have no effect under ACPI operating
> systems.'
Some older laptops (pre-ACPI) support only APM. Some new laptops
(post-APM) only support ACPI.
In between there have been many laptops which support ACPI to a limited
extent, and APM quite well, and probably all of the variations in
between.
If you buy a new laptop now it is quite likely that you will be forced
to use ACPI but my laptop (for example) I choose to use APM because the
support is mature (and why would I want to press the power button anyway
:-)
Cheers,
Andrew.
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