[ltp] re:Please help with T40 and 2.6.8 on Debian

[Martin Höfling]

Am Montag, 6. Dezember 2004 09:26 schrieb Bob Alexander:

Hi Bob,

> 1) Where do I download the patches you and others talk about ? What is
> the proper way of applying them to the 2.6.9 original kernel (done that
> before but do not remember the right process).

I have several pages in my bookmarks with good informations:

http://thinkwiki.org/ThinkWiki
http://bellet.info/laptop/t40.html

you can find links on several projects on this pages.

http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html

if you are looking for specific informations for your model.

> 2) I read opposing comments between APM and ACPI, each saying it's
> better !!! :( Often ACPI advocates say that APM is becoming legacy and
> that it does not monitor enough events. You seem to be perfectly happy
> with it though ... I am puzzled !

I am using ACPI. Hibernation is working. But I read that power-consumption in 
Suspend to Ram is very high compared to APM. The advantage is that you can 
use the Temp. Sensor. If you wanna try ACPI, be sure to upgrade your BIOS and 
Controller Chip.

Regards
  Martin