>>>>> "DR" == Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au> writes:

DR> can someone explain why I am seeing these ?

DR> Jun 20 02:00:53 netbsd /netbsd: APM set CPU idle:unknown error code? (83)

There must be some common APM BIOS extension which vendors use but is
not documented in any of the APM specs (v1.0, v1.1, or v1.2).  I've seen
error code 83 reported on a variety of hardware, but I've never been
able to figure out what it's supposed to mean.

==John