From 952fa954a61cee43de5afba91ae605e30ed2586c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rodolfo Giometti Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:43:10 +0200 Subject: [MIPS] APM emu support Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle --- arch/mips/Kconfig | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/mips/Kconfig') diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index 1c78661abe1..ae33e0a4c18 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -1890,6 +1890,32 @@ config PM bool "Power Management support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SOC_AU1X00 +config APM + tristate "Advanced Power Management Emulation" + depends on PM + ---help--- + APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different + techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered systems with + APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be + reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide + battery status information, and user-space programs will receive + notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change). + + In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location + and more information, read and the + Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from + . + + This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8) + manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off + VESA-compliant "green" monitors. + + 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). + endmenu source "net/Kconfig" -- cgit v1.2.3