apm broken in 2.4.10

[Jack <ifup@yifan.net>]

Does any body have the same problem with apm from 2.4.10?

 .  apm does not work with any arguments passed to the kernel, like:
    "apm=on"
 .  apm works without any "apm=",  it actually power off the machine.
 .  apm cause problem when X exits,  it reboots the machine without go
    through 'init 6',  that means a whole fsck for every partition at
    next bootup.  
 .  With the apm was on. I did notice "apm init fail" (sort of like
    that) from the console when the X was started.

I am using "unstable" dist branch.  This is the worst experience I ever
have with Linux kernel in 4 years.

Thanks,
Jack