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Date:      Tue, 20 Aug 1996 09:08:30 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        The Unknown User-ID (488) <unknown@critter.tfs.com>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.2-960801-SNAP consistently panics on HP Omnibook 4000 
Message-ID:  <199608201508.JAA20780@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <7980.840484106@critter.tfs.com>
References:  <199608191932.NAA17354@rocky.mt.sri.com> <7980.840484106@critter.tfs.com>

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[ Killing off APM ]
>>>>>Can you disable the apm driver in the 'config' menu and see if it
>>>>>continues?
> >> 
> >> Unfortunately, that is still not enough to kill the evil apm stuff :-(
> >> 
> >> You need a kernel compiled without APM to be absolutely sure.
> >
> >True, but it would panic 'right away' if it were an APM probe bug.
> 
> Nope, it may take as long as the five second graze period you have
> on the even poll before the panic comes.

Not really.  If you disable it, the only code that get's run is the
probe code.  The poll will never occur.


Nate



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