[ltp] thinkpad 600x - apm or acpi ??

Michelle Klein-Hass linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:24:44 -0800


On Thursday 25 November 2004 06:58 pm, Dan Sawyer wrote:
> All,
>
> The system is a 600x running FC2 and a custom 2.6.9 kernel. Currently it
> is configrured with apm, however that only sort of supports suspend.
> There appears to be some conflicting advice on this topic.
>
> Will the 600x support acpi?
>
> Which is the better choice for a 600x?
>
> What is the correct .config the power control section please.

APM is the only type of power management that will work on a 600 series.

ACPI works...sort of...under Windows, but it's not so hot.

Get used to APM in Linux because that's what we are stuck with.
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