Re: APM enable ?

According to John S. Andersen,
> On 7 Aug 2003 at 17:19, rg wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Is it a good idea to enable APM in the kernel on the VAIO ?
> > What are the pros / cons
> 
> On most recient Vaios the Pros are:
>    Nothing
> The Cons are:
>     APM is mutually exclusive with acpi
>     You need acpi in order to get all the periferals to work
>     If you enable acpi, it will disable apm
>     if you don't enable acpi, sound, nic, mouse, firewire, usb,
>            are all subject to flaky operation or no operation.
> 
> So the short answer is most often, its a waste of time...

What I've done, pragmatically, with prior laptops is to just
compile both acpi and apm as modules, and then seen which
worked.

On my current laptop, a GRX-560, is ACPI-only, and even then
it needs a bleeding edge kernel or acpi.sf.net patches.  So
I'm currently running 2.6.0-test2 with ACPI compiled in, no
APM.  (Things like fan and thermal control scare me from
some of the stories I've heard on this list.)

Tony