Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:18:02 -0800 (PST) From: Valentin Shopov <valsho@yahoo.com> To: Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Subject: Re: apm & current Message-ID: <19990214191802.16765.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com>
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---Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
> Hello, I'm now working on APM code for PAO in Japan.
>
> > Also kernel panics every time when I run apm, but zzz - suspend is
> > working.
>
> I already noticed that this problem happens on some old laptops
which has
> apm v1.1 or 1.0 (Sotec WinBookPro DX4/100, DEC HiNote Ultra II, etc.).
> -current/-stable apm(8) try to call APM v1.2 BIOS functions
> (e.g. APM_RESUMETIMER) without version checking.
> Some of the old APM BIOSes, however, can make kernel panic when
recieved
> unkown APM BIOS functions.
> In /sys/i386/apm/apm.c, apm_get_info() has the same problem
> (APM_GETCAPABILITIES), therefore xbatt also will cause the same
trouble.
>
> So, now I'm going to commit version checking code just before
> calling apm_bios_call() in /sys/i386/apm/apm.c into PAO3 CVS
repository.
>
On my old GVC G740 notebook (486DX4/75) kernel panics
after calling V1.2 functions .
Val
==
Valentin Shopov
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