Re: [Q] APM depends on PM_SLEEP?

Rafael J. Wysocki
2007-10-05T15:49:52Z

On Friday, 5 October 2007 16:18, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> Why does APM depend on PM_SLEEP?

Because APM uses the suspend core functions in drivers/base/power .

> So without sleep support you cannot use "Make CPU Idle calls when idle ",
> "Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off" etc? Found in 23-rc9-git of
> yesterday.

Selecting CONFIG_SUSPEND without ACPI only causes the suspend core (used
by APM) and kernel/power/main.c to be compiled in.

Greetings,
Rafael