On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 04:22:09PM -0700, Brandon High wrote:
> > For SMP, donot forget to put not just apm=on but also apm=power-off in
> > lilo.conf/append thing.
> I understand how this would help in general, but how does this apply to an
> SMP system differently than an Uni-processor system?

Actually If UP kernel, it set default to apm=power-off.  Try apm=on and
apm=power-on on UP kernel.  It ain't turn off your PC.

I am sure about this.  arch/i386/kernel/apm.c saids:
...
 * Jan 2000, Version 1.12
...
 *   1.12: Remove CONFIG_SMP as the compiler will optimize
 *         the code away anyway (smp_num_cpus == 1 in UP)
 *         noted by Artur Skawina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
 *         Make power off under SMP work again.
 *         Fix thinko with initial engaging of BIOS.
 *         Make sure power off only happens on CPU 0
 *         (Paul "Rusty" Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>).
 *         Do error notification to user mode if BIOS calls fail.
 *         Move entrypoint offset fix to ...boot/setup.S
 *         where it belongs (Cosmos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>).
 *         Remove smp-power-off. SMP users must now specify
 *         "apm=power-off" on the kernel command line. Suggested
 *         by Jim Avera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, modified by Alan Cox
 *         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
 *         Register the /proc/apm entry even on SMP so that
 *         scripts that check for it before doing power off
 *         work (Jim Avera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>).

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