Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:56:26 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: ACPI thoughts |
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On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 10:00:32AM +1100, Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au wrote: > Torsten Landschoff <t.landschoff@gmx.net> writes: > > I am sure it does not belong here but I would like to use the feature of my > > motherboard to power up the system at a given time, for example to get new > > mails from my provider nightly (it much cheaper at night in germany). > > This is covered by APM and I currently have a patch in my in queue to > allow it to be set up! Soon, soon ...
Way, way cool! Thank you, I have been wanting this for ages. I thought it was an ACPI-only thing.
Ideally, a patched cron would set the alarm to wake up the machine for the next job that declares itself worthy. That would be nice.
-- Jamie
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