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SubjectRe: Odd APM oops
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?

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Mike <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>

The public is an old woman. Let her maunder and mumble.
-- Thomas Carlyle


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