Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:57:22 +0100 (BST) | From | Mike <> | Subject | Re: Odd APM oops |
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On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Right. Power off on shutdown *is* SMP safe. That's why the > > apm=smp-power-off option exists. > > No power off on shutdown is not SMP safe. It kind of happens to work on a lot > of boards. If making that APM call reformats your disk and plays tetris > on an SMP box the bios vendor is within spec (if a little peculiar). > Sorry. You are, of course, right. I really meant that power off on shutdown if SMP safe (in that it works, rather than that it is defined to work) on many boxen, including the one I was seeing the problem on.
Are there actually any boards on which it doesn't work?
-- Mike <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>
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