[ltp] ACPI and TP 770

Andrew Gaffney linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:30:57 -0500


Crispin Cowan wrote:
> Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> 
>> Crispin Cowan wrote:
>>
>>> No, the 770 is older than ACPI. At least the one that I had was 
>>> strictly APM.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, APM works better, so be happy :)
>>
>>
>> Okay, but do I need to enable any of the options under APM in the 
>> kernel config?
> 
> 
> If you want to use APM, then yeah, APM has to be enabled. Whether you 
> need to go do something to your config and rebuild depends on where you 
> got your kernel from and how it was configured. I ran Immunix 7.3 on my 
> TP 770, and APM just worked out of the box. Yeah that is my product, but 
> trust me, my engineers were not aiming at my laptop when they built it :)

I meant any of the *extra* options that are visually *underneath* the main APM option in 
'make menuconfig'.

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Andrew Gaffney
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