Re: AMD linux Laptop

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From: John Hasler
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 00:00

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Hamid Misnan writes:
> You dunnot need them, Linux has the feature built into the kernel.

Yes.  It always has.

> Surely in Linux you need to enable APM for this feature to work.

No.  It uses the 'hlt' instruction, which has nothing to do with APM.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

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