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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: New APM BIOS patch
From:       "Russ Steffen" <rsteffen () ia ! net>
Date:       1998-11-03 4:20:27
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On 03-Nov-98, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> There is a new APM BIOS driver patch on my home page.  It is
> against 2.1.127pre3.  Its does the following:
> 	- all configuration options (and then some) are now
> 	  settable at boot time by passing "apm=..." to
> 	  the kernel.
> 	- a long standing bug has been fixed so that suspend/standby
> 	  initiated by "apm -S/s" doesn't do BUSY callbacks to the
> 	  BIOS
> 	- the beginnings of the big patch from Craig Markwardt
> 	  <craigm@pcasun3.gsfc.nasa.gov> are in there, but not
> 	  the ioctl interface (yet)
> 
> I have put this out for testing and to let you all know I have
> not forsaken you :-)
> 
> Please send bug reports and/or suggestions.

Just a question, does it fix that pesky only-root-can-suspend-the-machine-
no-matter-what-the-permissions-on-/dev/apm_bios-bug ?

You can find the offending code near line 985 on an unpatched 2.1.125
version of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c.

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Russ Steffen
rsteffen@ia.net


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