Subject: [i386] APM_NOIDLE -> APM_NO_IDLE, + APM_NO_STANDBY
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 11/06/1996 13:14:55
FYI, if you're using NetBSD/i386 on a laptop that required APM_NOIDLE:
that option has been renamed APM_NO_IDLE.  (If you build a kernel with
APM_NOIDLE defined, you'll get an error telling you to use APM_NO_IDLE
instead).

An APM_NO_STANDBY option has been added, to support machines with
buggy BIOSes that do bad things going to/from standby mode.  I ran
into problems on a ThinkPad 701C with an old BIOS (and it went away
when i upgraded the BIOS), but sometimes when you're on the road you
don't have that option and need to resort to hacks...  8-)



chris