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diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 7bc4a583f4e..f91c8d982ef 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -635,10 +635,6 @@ config PM and the Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. - Note that, even if you say N here, Linux on the x86 architecture - will issue the hlt instruction if nothing is to be done, thereby - sending the processor to sleep and saving power. - config APM tristate "Advanced Power Management Emulation" depends on PM @@ -650,12 +646,6 @@ config APM battery status information, and user-space programs will receive notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change). - If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM - BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time. - - Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for - machines with more than one CPU. - In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location and more information, read <file:Documentation/pm.txt> and the Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from @@ -665,39 +655,12 @@ config APM manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off VESA-compliant "green" monitors. - This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER - 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green" - desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver - may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase. - Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling APM in your BIOS). - Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random, - "weird" problems: - - 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is - enabled. - 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel - 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass - the "no387" option to the kernel - 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel - 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling - all but the first 4 MB of RAM) - 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked. - 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/> - 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings - 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM - 10) install a better fan for the CPU - 11) exchange RAM chips - 12) exchange the motherboard. - - To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the - module will be called apm. - endmenu source "net/Kconfig" |