Subject: Re: power management/APM
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@solidum.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/02/1999 15:23:47
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 17:32:58 -0500 
 Michael Richardson <mcr@solidum.com> wrote:

 >   I think my /dev/apmctl is not configured, because:
 > 
 > Intel 82371AB Power Management Controller (PIIX4) (miscellaneous bridge, revision 0x02) at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
 > 
 >   was not recognized. This is 1.4.1. Is there code somewhere for this?

You don't want to drive that hardware directly, for the most part.  You
can't know how the GPIO pins are wired up.  The APM BIOS is what you want
to use.  Make sure you have "apm* at mainbus?" configured in your kernel.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>