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SubjectRe: RFC: Possiblities for APM implementations.
On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 11:17:37PM +0100, Peter Horton wrote:
> I don't think Linux can do APM. APM relies on SMIs (system management
> interrupts), and the code that is executed on SMI is BIOS code, and on
> modern MBs this code is protected and locked by hardware.

Let us support the GPL'd BIOS project then, as that can definitely use
the SMIs. Even if it is simply relayed as an upcall to the running
kernel.

-- Jamie

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