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

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Message-ID: <20110328045108.GA26322@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:51:08 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	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>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support


* Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org> wrote:

> > Is there somebody on LKML that has a older laptop than me
> > and is able to get it to boot in APM mode?  I'd be astonished
> > if there was not.  Are they willing to regularly test changes
> > to the upstream kernel to make sure that APM still works?
> > If yes, where have they been for the last 5 years?
> 
> I just tested 2.6.38-rc4 on a desktop board and it works (power off at least). 

Ok, thanks for testing. I too tried APM poweroff in the not too distant past 
and it worked - but not very recent kernels.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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