[ltp] Poweroff command doesn't work

Greg Meyer linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:08:26 -0500


On Wednesday 17 March 2004 04:16 am, a_06357@fastmail.fm wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 08:44:05AM +0100, Frederic Gaus wrote:
> > If you have got a Pentium M, try to disable APIC. (Processor type and
> > features > Local APIC support on uniprocessors)
>
> I believe putting nolapic on the lernel command line will disable local
> apic even if there is support for it in the kernel, obviating the need
> to recompile for this.
>
Yes, there is a choice.  If you wish to recompile, then turn off local APIC 
support.  If you do not wish to recompile, just turn off local apic support 
with the nolapic boot parameter.
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/g