well, officialy, ACPI does not exist in Linux, however, there is a kernel patch for it and it will be in the 2.6 kernel due out art the begining of next year. as far as the powerdown functionality of the ACPI function, I do not know, I needed ACPI to get sound and that is all I care about. I am sure it works however. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helmut Steinwender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Laptop Debian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 6:23 PM Subject: functionality of ACPI
> How well does Linux ACPI compare to power savings under windows. This is > a new laptop with P4 mobile, ATI 7500, WiFI. Are there sleep/suspend > whatever modes. Power down HDs? Clock changes in CPU and Video? Suspend > cards? How does battery life compare between Win and Lin? > -- > Helmut Steinwender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
