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Subject: [acpi-jp 1323] Re: Switching the screen off. 
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> 
> Yes, I thought that was what you said.  On the otherhand _something_
> switches the screen off in suspend mode.  I thought that is was ACPI.
> Maybe it's more anonymous than that.

It's probably done by the SMI handler that accepts the ACPI power-off 
request, or it's simply a side-effect of turning off one of the power 
planes (again, done by the SMI code).

(the SMI code is part of the BIOS)

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