From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 22 14:43:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53E1737B401 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:43:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net (grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A5743E3B for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:43:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0236.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([216.244.42.236] helo=mindspring.com) by grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18FMWS-0006r1-00; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:43:40 -0800 Message-ID: <3DDEB2CE.883CC2B3@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:42:22 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Donn Miller Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI and apm_saver? References: <3DDE4D01.2010908@cvzoom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Donn Miller wrote: > ACPI works pretty well on my HP Pavilion Notebook. But is it possible > to get the apm saver (apm_saver.ko) to work with ACPI? From what I > understand, acpi is a superset of apm, and is able to provide some > emulation of apm functionality. So, by this principle, shouldn't > apm_saver work with acpi? APM and ACPI are mutually exclusive. A similar question to yours might be: "I had a Toyota Corolla, and I've traded it in on a Mack Semi Tractor; can I use the floor mats from my Corolla in the new Semi?" 8-). Someone needs to write an "acpi_saver.ko". -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message