Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Odd APM oops | Date | Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:21:08 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Right. Power off on shutdown *is* SMP safe. That's why the > apm=smp-power-off option exists.
No power off on shutdown is not SMP safe. It kind of happens to work on a lot of boards. If making that APM call reformats your disk and plays tetris on an SMP box the bios vendor is within spec (if a little peculiar).
No APM call of any kind is SMP safe.
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