linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support

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Message-ID: <4D90859D.70704@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:57:01 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
CC:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support

On 03/27/2011 02:40 PM, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> 
> I just tested 2.6.38-rc4 on a desktop board and it works (power off at least). 
> If using Grub2, linux16 command must be used instead of linux in grub.cfg 
> (otherwise loading apm module will fail with "apm: BIOS not found").
> 

This is just Yet Another Example of the Grub2 people doing things in the
absolutely most idiotic way possible by default, and then blaming the user.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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