Re: APM driver patch summary

Andreas Steinmetz
2001-12-23T12:26:19Z

Fine with me,
as I always compile APM into the kernel I just didn't see it (mental note to
self: always try module build before submitting).
I'll get the combined patch and test it.

On 23-Dec-2001 Thomas Hood wrote:
> On Sat, 2001-12-22 at 09:44, Andreas Steinmetz wrote:
>> 1. There is now a module parameter apm-idle-threshold which
>> allows to override the compiled in idle percentage threshold
>> above which BIOS idle calls are done.
>
> Andrej, your patch doesn't work when compiled as a module
> because of a name mismatch.
>
> I went in and cleaned the patch up a bit. Now there is only
> one extra parameter, called "idle_threshold", which you can
> set to 100 if you want to disable use of APM BIOS idling.
>
> I have combined this tweaked idle patch with the
> notification patch and made it available here:
> http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/apm.html
> Patch is against 2.4.17.
>
> I hope lots of people will test it. It's working fine for me.
>
> --
> Thomas Hood
>
>
>

Andreas Steinmetz
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