[syslinux] poweroff.com

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 09/27/2009 04:10 PM, ali . wrote:
> When i execute poweroff.com, I get the following error: "APM not present" Is
> there some workaround currently? The restart option works, and when I boot
> into ANY linux OS, the poweroff or lalt commands DO Power off the computer.

Yes, Linux can work either with ACPI or with APM.  The poweroff.com
command only implements APM, not ACPI.  This could, and probably needs
to be fixed since APM support is disappearing.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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