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

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Message-ID: <4D90201D.1010308@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:43:57 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	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>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support

On 03/27/2011 09:51 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * 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.
> 

Given that the current merge window rewrote this code, it would be good
to get it tested on 2.6.39-rc1 when it becomes available.

	-hpa

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

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