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kojiro
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 Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 6:15 pm Post subject: ACPI versus 'Power Management' |
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I noticed it's possible to have Power Management disabled in menuconfig, but still have ACPI turned off. On the other hand, the Power Management help says to turn it on | Quote: | | If you want to use either one, [ACPI or APM] say Y here and then also to the requisite support below. |
So which is it? If ACPI's a part of so-called 'Power Management,' how come it's possible to enable ACPI without enabling Power Management?
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gwlinden
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ACPI includes power management, but it is much more than that... So you can disable power management, and still use the other features of ACPI.
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michaelb
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It used to be that when you enabled "Power Management" as a kernel option that would open up the decision tree on whether or not to enable APM and/or the various features of ACPI. I don't think that's the case any more, but the online help you read is probably a remnant of the old setup.
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