Re: [XFree86] No APM because SMP under Linux

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On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Raymond Jennings wrote:

> You might need to talk to the linux kernel people about this one.  It seems
> to be a kernel issue, not necessarily restricted to X.
>
> I think that the issue is that one CPU can't just mess with the APM
> interface without the risk of other CPU's getting clobbered.  SMP should be
> compatible with APM once all the other CPUs are shut down.

Nevertheless, does it matter?

Can XFree86 be configured or built without that /dev/apm_bios need?

(As far as I can tell, my X works fine without the kernel's apm support.)

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/

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