Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:36:02 +0200 From: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: APM BIOS set to go in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20200830063602.GT3539@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpzpiAq-NrHRYSe0hS140Hk9rJ0jFVNe8VkH%2B8Sim1CRw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfpzpiAq-NrHRYSe0hS140Hk9rJ0jFVNe8VkH%2B8Sim1CRw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi! > APM BIOS support will likely be removed from FreeBSD for FreeBSD 13. This > was once quite important for LAPTOP users. However, it is now no longer > relevant. It stopped being supported around the time that ACPI started to > be released for laptops. This was around the Pentium 200MHz laptop > generation, give or take. ACPI was released in 1996 to replace APM, and had > largely done so by 2000. As such, this is 20-year obsolete technology. I think I still use it to this day for all my laptops to check the battery status and put the laptop to sleep. The commands I use are apm and zzz, and they still work. What would be replacement commands ? > To that end, I'm looking for actual users of this APM that have used the > technology successfully in FreeBSD 12.0 or newer. I can experiment and even can provide you remote access to laptops of that kind. -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 Now what ?
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