Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261181AbUFQRKd (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:10:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261184AbUFQRKd (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:10:33 -0400 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([66.45.37.187]:14485 "HELO lucidpixels.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261181AbUFQRKa (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:10:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:10:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: ACPI vs. APM - Which is better for desktop and why? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1045 Lines: 30 I have enabled ACPI on my Dell GX1 (Pentium 3/500MHZ) machine and disabled APM, however, what are the benefits of using ACPI over APM? I am using Kernel 2.6.7 I see ACPI eats up an IRQ and does not share it: $ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 64997374 XT-PIC timer 1: 10 XT-PIC i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 2625 XT-PIC Crystal audio controller 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 0 XT-PIC acpi 10: 277489 XT-PIC ide2 11: 11465050 XT-PIC ide4, ide5, eth0, eth1, eth2, eth3 12: 58 XT-PIC i8042 14: 307536 XT-PIC ide0 15: 53 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 LOC: 65007290 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 - 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/