Re: poweroff uncomplete with SMP
"Edward C. Bailey" <[email protected]>
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>>>>> "Ronald" == Ronald W Heiby <[email protected]> writes: Ronald> Tuesday, August 26, 2003, 10:19:07 AM, Edward wrote: >> My understanding is that the code implementing APM is not SMP-safe. >> When the kernel determines that it's running on an SMP box, it disables >> APM. Ronald> The unenlightened might think that when a system is shutting down, Ronald> there would not be any reason why, towards the end of the shutdown, Ronald> all but one of the processors could not be taken off line (making Ronald> it a single processor system), which would allow the non-SMP-safe Ronald> power-down of the box to proceed. Well, I have to state that I am also unenlightened, as I'm just a tech writer with an SMP box, and not a kernel guru... :-) Ed -- Ed Bailey Red Hat, Inc. http://www.redhat.com/ -- Psyche-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list