linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] apm: orphan the driver

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Message-ID: <20110328174542.GW21838@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:45:42 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Linus <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] apm: orphan the driver

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 04:05:14PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> 
> > > I still have some hardware that uses APM and put a new 2.6 on it time 
> > > to time, so I can take this driver over if you want to. According to 
> > > git log it's really low effort anyway :)
> > 
> > If you want it, its yours :-)
> 
> Not really fighting for maintaining it actively, but can certainly give it 
> some care when necessary.

FWIW
Since Len plans some larger changes to the idle code 
(moving everything to cpuidle) active care may be needed soon.

Effectively it would need a APM cpuidle driver.

Just that you know what you're signing up for...

-Andi
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