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x86_64 Andi Kleen 1 participant 1 message Jun 17, 2003 1 message not in the archive

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Quoted 2 lines · Michal Jaegermann

Is it possible to turn off power on a dual processor x86_64 board with 'halt -p' or similar? If yes then what is needed on a kernel level?

You need ACPI.

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I know that this does not work with "distribution" kernels.

It works fine with SuSE kernels.

-Andi