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  From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
  To  : <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
  Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 01:01:01 +1100

New APM BIOS patch

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.

I am also considering a sysctl() interface to some of the
useful bits - comments?

[By the way, to get 2.1.127pre3 to compile (I am using gcc 2.7.2.3)
I had to edit include/asm-i386/spinlock.h and add a dummy element
to the rwlock_t definition on line 92 and its initialisation on
line 93.]

Cheers,
Stephen
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Stephen Rothwell                    Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/