Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 15:54:54 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> Cc: Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: Auto power-off? Message-ID: <199806122254.PAA01254@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:40:04 PDT." <XFMail.980612164004.dburr@POBoxes.com>
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> My secret spy satellite informs me that on 12-Jun-98, Mike Smith wrote: > >> apm0 on isa > >> apm: found APM BIOS version 14.0 > > > > Yecch, that's Bad. Can you build a kernel with APM_DEBUG defined, and > > send the relevant output? I think we are not talking to the BIOS > > correctly there. > > OK, I went ahead and did this under 2.2.6-STABLE (again, checked out & > built circa 980604). For completeness' sake, I am also attaching a copy > of my kernel config file for said machine, just in case I'm doing > something screwy in there. (needless to say, it is still not shutting > down as it should be.) > > Thanks, btw, for your help regarding this! Well, I am hoping that I can be helpful, but it's lookin' durn ugly so far. > options APM_IDLE_CPU # Tell APM to idle rather than halt'ing the cpu > device apm0 at isa? HALT is often better (lower power consumption) than IDLE - this is only done when the system has nothing to do for the quantum... > apm0 on isa > apm: APM BIOS version 0101 The connect function finds an APM 1.1 BIOS... > apm: Code32 0xf00f0000, Code16 0xf00f0000, Data 0xf00f0000 > apm: Code entry 0x0000e8e9, Idling CPU disabled, Management enabled > apm: CS_limit=0xffff, DS_limit=0xffff ... with reasonable expectation of being able to make the 32-bit connect. > apm: Engaged control enabled > apm: found APM BIOS version 14.0 But when it does, and queries the version again, it gets a stupid response. Try 'flags 0x11' to force the use of the APM 1.1 protocol; with the bogus version 14 response it will be using 1.2 instead... -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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