From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:19:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DA34619.6010708@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110411130505.GA3301@ucw.cz>
On 04/11/2011 06:05 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>>>> Well, it kind of does but not really. :-)
>>>>
>>>> The main problem with APM is that nobody really works on it and I'm not sure
>>>> if there are any active users. At least no one reports any problems with it,
>>>> which is kind of surprising, given the number of chages we've made in the PM
>>>> core for the last couple of years. So quite likely it's just become
>>>> non-functional over time anyway, but we have no confirmation.
>>>
>>> It was working ok last time I tried -- cca 6/2010.
>>
>> What aspects of it did you test, and on what platform?
>
> thinkpad 560X.
>
> I tested basic boot, IIRC it did turn backlight off properly in
> screensaver and even suspend worked.
> Pavel
OK, but I presume runtime power management wasn't on the list at least
on what matters.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-11 18:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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[not found] ` <20110324154505.934a56a0.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
2011-03-24 7:39 ` [PATCH] APM: delete APM in Linux-2.6.40 Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:16 ` [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:31 ` [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support (v2) Len Brown
2011-03-24 16:01 ` Andi Kleen
2011-03-24 16:01 ` Andi Kleen
2011-03-24 8:31 ` Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:39 ` [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 23:49 ` Len Brown
2011-03-24 23:49 ` Len Brown
2011-03-25 11:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 11:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 12:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 12:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 12:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 12:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 22:33 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-03-25 22:33 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-03-26 4:35 ` Len Brown
2011-03-26 4:35 ` Len Brown
2011-04-08 6:25 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-08 6:25 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-08 20:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-11 13:05 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-11 18:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-11 18:19 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2011-04-13 13:30 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-13 13:30 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-11 13:05 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-08 20:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-26 5:01 ` Len Brown
2011-03-26 5:01 ` Len Brown
2011-03-26 9:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-26 9:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-27 21:40 ` Ondrej Zary
2011-03-28 4:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-28 4:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-28 5:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-28 5:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-28 12:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-28 12:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-27 21:40 ` Ondrej Zary
2011-03-28 5:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-28 5:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 15:41 ` Calvin Walton
2011-03-25 15:41 ` Calvin Walton
2011-03-24 8:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 8:16 ` Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:18 ` [PATCH] APM: delete APM in Linux-2.6.40 Stephen Rothwell
2011-03-24 8:18 ` Stephen Rothwell
2011-03-24 8:38 ` Alexander Stein
2011-03-24 8:38 ` Alexander Stein
2011-03-24 10:21 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-03-24 10:21 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-03-24 23:05 ` Len Brown
2011-03-25 1:07 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-03-25 1:07 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-03-25 1:34 ` Len Brown
2011-03-25 1:34 ` Len Brown
2011-04-04 16:44 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-04 20:18 ` Len Brown
2011-04-04 20:18 ` Len Brown
2011-04-04 16:44 ` Pavel Machek
2011-03-24 23:05 ` Len Brown
2011-03-24 12:15 ` Ondrej Zary
2011-03-24 12:15 ` Ondrej Zary
2011-03-24 23:29 ` Len Brown
2011-03-24 23:29 ` Len Brown
2011-03-25 8:07 ` Ondrej Zary
2011-03-26 5:09 ` Len Brown
2011-03-26 5:09 ` Len Brown
2011-03-25 8:07 ` Ondrej Zary
2011-04-02 21:40 ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-02 21:40 ` Yuhong Bao
2011-03-24 7:39 ` Len Brown
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