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Subject: Re: 2.2.18pre21 oops reading /proc/apm
To: neale@lowendale.com.au (Neale Banks)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:18:33 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), sfr@linuxcare.com (Stephen Rothwell),
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> Is it "obvious" that I'm dealing with the same or similar kind of
> bugginess here?

Obvious no, but its a pretty good guess.

> 
> That being the case, any reason I can't/shouldn't put in a function
> similar to apm_battery_horked(), and call/run it based on a config-time
> variable?

None at all

> FWIW, the machine claims "Phoenix NoteBIOS" dated 1994, and the poweroff
> bit of APM appears to work just fine.

Alan

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