APM vs ACPI

[Brett I. Holcomb]

Right!


> Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> % Okay, I see now.  Thank you (I don't have much erudition on this subject
> % <G>).
> %
> % > Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> % > % Thank you!  So I should choose ACPI when I build a kernel since my
> board % > % supports it and disable APM.
> % >
> % > Actually, if you compile in both, the kernel will use ACPI by default
> % > and disable APM, otherwise it will use APM. You can have both at the
> % > same time, but the kernel handles that for you. See
> Documentation/apm.txt % > in the kernel source tree for some more
> information.
> 
> Err, I meant "You can have both compiled in at the same time, but you
> can't *use* both at the same time...
> 
> Kurt

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