Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:46:20 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.10-rc2 doesn't boot (if no floppy device) |
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On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 01:28:59PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: >... > > BTW: Is all what ACPI does really required, if all I need ACPI for is > > to turn the power off after halting my computer? > > On this system ACPI is required to configure the IOAPIC. > > It may be possible to save power in idle with c-states > and at run-time with p-states (cpufreq) on this box, > but I couldn't tell that from the dmesg if CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR > was included or not.
It's not.
> If you don't care about interrupt performance and you don't > mind pressing the power button when you halt the system, > go ahead and run with CONFIG_ACPI=n.
Not needed "pressing the power button when you halt the system" is the "killer application" for using ACPI for me...
> cheers, > -Len
cu Adrian
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