Difference between revisions of "APM vs. ACPI"

Revision as of 02:15, 15 March 2005

The following tables headings shell designate the following meanings...

APM
- Blank = ability to turn off the LCD while using APM
- Sleep = ability to do a suspend-to-ram using APM
- Hibernate = ability to perform a suspend-to-disk via the BIOS
- Battery = ability to get statistics on remaining battery life from the APM subsystem
ACPI
- Blank = ability to turn off the LCD while using ACPI
- Sleep = ability to do a suspend-to-ram using ACPI
- Hibernate = ability to perform a suspend-to-disk using ACPI
- Battery = ability to get statistics on remaining battery life from he ACPI subsystem

The fields should be filled with one of the following:

? = unknown / untested
yes = working (with or without extra configuration effort)
no = not working (because kernel support isn't there yet or lacking hardware implementation)
part = partially working (unsolvable trouble on resume or something like that)

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 The fields should be filled with one of the following:
 * ? = unknown / untested
-* yes = working
+* yes = working (with or without extra configuration effort)
-* no = not working
+* no = not working (because kernel support isn't there yet or lacking hardware implementation)
-* part = partially working (trouble on resume or something like that)
+* part = partially working (unsolvable trouble on resume or something like that)
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