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diff --git a/Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt b/Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 6cc423d3662e..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -APM or ACPI? ------------- -If you have a relatively recent x86 mobile, desktop, or server system, -odds are it supports either Advanced Power Management (APM) or -Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). ACPI is the newer -of the two technologies and puts power management in the hands of the -operating system, allowing for more intelligent power management than -is possible with BIOS controlled APM. - -The best way to determine which, if either, your system supports is to -build a kernel with both ACPI and APM enabled (as of 2.3.x ACPI is -enabled by default). If a working ACPI implementation is found, the -ACPI driver will override and disable APM, otherwise the APM driver -will be used. - -No, sorry, you cannot have both ACPI and APM enabled and running at -once. Some people with broken ACPI or broken APM implementations -would like to use both to get a full set of working features, but you -simply cannot mix and match the two. Only one power management -interface can be in control of the machine at once. Think about it.. - -User-space Daemons ------------------- -Both APM and ACPI rely on user-space daemons, apmd and acpid -respectively, to be completely functional. Obtain both of these -daemons from your Linux distribution or from the Internet (see below) -and be sure that they are started sometime in the system boot process. -Go ahead and start both. If ACPI or APM is not available on your -system the associated daemon will exit gracefully. - - apmd: http://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/a/apmd/ - acpid: http://acpid.sf.net/ |