From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 5 0:10:17 2001 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 00:10:14 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (dhcp244.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A6A737B69D for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 00:10:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f058Mrt04256; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 00:22:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200101050822.f058Mrt04256@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Graham Wheeler Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just how standard is APM? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Jan 2001 08:11:39 +0200." <3A55659B.8CDB1EF@cequrux.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 00:22:53 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > How new is this laptop? It may be ACPI-only. > > I believe it is quite new ("designed for Windows Me"). It's probably ACPI-only; welcome to FreeBSD-current. 8) > I have to admit my ignorance - I've never heard of ACPI. ACPI is the successor to APM, as well as trying to tie up a lot of loose ends in other parts of the system. We're working on support for it (with a boatload of help from Intel), but it's not quite there yet. Don't ask about backporting. Please. 8) -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message