From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Nick Bartos" Subject: acpi=force safe? Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 23:14:15 -0600 (CST) Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <40678.65.28.18.238.1076044455.squirrel@mail.diamondcpu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: References: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org I manage a little router distro that uses acpi to do a clean shutdown whe= n the power button is tapped. So really I am only using the powerdown & button event features. The problem I am having is that a lot of the boards I use are older, and acpi does not get enabled by default. In the distro I want to keep everything consistent, so if I fix this problem by forcing acpi on, I wil= l want to do it globally (for all systems). I can do acpi=3Dforce, but I worry about causing stability issues. I posted this question on the kernel devel list, and it was suggested to me that I compile in basic acpi support button support, and nothing else.= =20 Then I could do a acpi=3Dforce and just force on those features. I am wondering if this will be safe, or if I could run into problems. I don't want to sacrifice stability to have these features, but I would lik= e all my boxes to be consistent. At least one of the systems is an asus p4b266 (most boards are asus), which is on the blacklist for acpi=3Dht. I tried to force acpi on for th= is board which did work, but it gave me a warning about overriding acpi=3Dht (which I really don't know what that is supposed to do). If this is OK, then what other features can I enable and safely force acp= i on? I would like to eventually implement fan speed and processor temp monitoring (possibly other health monitoring). For some router only boxe= s it may be good to reduce power consumption, but I don't want to push my luck if it may not be safe. I am using the latest 2.4.x pre at the moment. Comments? ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn