acpi confusion

[Michael K. Johnson]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 07:23:56PM -0400, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> acpi does a lot of things.  the reason your laptop runs hot is that acpi
> is required to keep it cool.  acpi controls power levels, throttling,
> etc., which you _really_ want on - i _hightly_ suggest you do not run
> your laptop without it, or you risk severely damaging the hardware.

You shouldn't.  The ACPI standard requires that your hardware power
off without damage to any components in case of ACPI software failure.
Now, whether your system complies with that part of the standard may
be another question, but it should be OK.

Of course, if you are using APM then ACPI as a cooling mechanism is
not relevant.

michaelkjohnson

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