APM is dead replaced by ACPI which is primarily used for x86 laptops I think. While back I read that MontaVista and IBM were working on something called Dynamic Power Mgmt (DPM). Might want to check that out? See links below. -earlm http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4297534594.html http://tree.celinuxforum.org/CelfPubWiki/PowerManagementDefinitionOfTerms_5fR2 > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-mips-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-mips-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ivan Korzakow > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:01 AM > To: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: power management on mips > > > Hi list, > > Does anyone knows what power management features are there for mips ? > I know for example that ACPI have been porting to arm. Anything > equivalent for mips ? Is it possible to do some power management under > Linux if ACPI or APM is not ported to mips ? And if yes, what would be > the work to do ? > > Thanks in advance, > > Ivan > >