Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:55:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:55:38 -0500 Received: from supreme.pcug.org.au ([203.10.76.34]:58603 "EHLO pcug.org.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:55:38 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 02:03:58 +1100 From: Stephen Rothwell To: Marc Giger Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Power off a SMP Box Message-Id: <20030103020358.2c0e6714.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20030102135350.24315441.gigerstyle@gmx.ch> References: <20030102135350.24315441.gigerstyle@gmx.ch> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 969 Lines: 30 On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 13:53:50 +0100 Marc Giger wrote: > > My "problem" is that my Dual-Box won't power off itself after a shutdown. Has it ever? What kernel version are you trying this on? > I tried with > > apm=smp-power-off //no effect > apm=power-off //this one oopses on boot This second should work on any kernel since early 2000. However, there are many SMP machines that cannot be powered off using APM. APM is not defined for SMP machines, and the result you got is why APM is not enabled easily on SMP boxes. > Has someone a hint for me? You could try ACPI in (very) recent kernels. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/