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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:39:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org> To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> Cc: linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] APM: delete APM in Linux-2.6.40 From: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com> --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index b3f35e5..2a03c46 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -619,3 +619,11 @@ Why: The original implementation of memsw feature enabled by Who: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> ---------------------------- + +What: CONFIG_APM +When: 2.6.40 +Why: Microsoft deleted APM from Windows as of Vista in in 2006. + It now seems more than safe that the latest Linux Kernel be APM-free. + The vintage laptops supporting APM are now difficult to find, + making it problatic to maintain this code. +Who: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com> -- 1.7.4.1.343.ga91df -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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