From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ducrot Bruno Subject: Re: System poweroff Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:53:09 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030630145309.GD7796@poupinou.org> References: <0ee801c33efa$cd80eaf0$2a0806c0@wiproxcoio3398> <200306301339.45845.m.c.p@gmx.net> <3F0028B5.40400@relex.ru> <0f3001c33f02$254b4440$2a0806c0@wiproxcoio3398> <1056976699.25574.324.camel@passion.cambridge.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1056976699.25574.324.camel-U6vq7BvGKfF5pKCnmE3YQOkCa/Q774e0VpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: David Woodhouse Cc: siva , Yaroslav Rastrigin , ACPI-Devel mailing list List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 01:38:19PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 13:21, siva wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > I do not want to use all the features of the APM (such suspend states) ...I > > just want to use the feature of powering off the system completely while run > > the "poweroff / halt -p" commands. > > So it is possible to do this without enabling the APM /ACPI, just by adding > > some lines of code in the Kernel. > > Yes, you can do this if you really want to, but you need sufficient > documentation for your motherboard and chipset. You need to work out how > to make it tell the PSU to turn itself off. > > You may be able to work this out by reverse-engineering the APM BIOS or > ACPI bytecode. There's nothing _special_ about them that makes them able > to turn the machine off -- they're only software, it's just that they're > binary-only software to which we don't have the source. For ACPI, you are wrong. -- Ducrot Bruno -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01