From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] APM: delete APM in Linux-2.6.40
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:39:07 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1103240336590.4529@x980> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110324154505.934a56a0.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index b3f35e5..2a03c46 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -619,3 +619,11 @@ Why: The original implementation of memsw feature enabled by
Who: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
----------------------------
+
+What: CONFIG_APM
+When: 2.6.40
+Why: Microsoft deleted APM from Windows as of Vista in in 2006.
+ It now seems more than safe that the latest Linux Kernel be APM-free.
+ The vintage laptops supporting APM are now difficult to find,
+ making it problatic to maintain this code.
+Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
--
1.7.4.1.343.ga91df
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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 7:39 ` Len Brown [this message]
2011-03-24 8:16 ` [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:16 ` Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:31 ` [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support (v2) Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:31 ` Len Brown
2011-03-24 16:01 ` Andi Kleen
2011-03-24 16:01 ` Andi Kleen
2011-03-24 8:39 ` [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 23:49 ` Len Brown
2011-03-25 11:30 ` 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 12:38 ` Ingo Molnar
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 20:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-08 20:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-11 13:05 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-11 13:05 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-11 18:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-11 18:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-13 13:30 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-13 13:30 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-08 6:25 ` Pavel Machek
2011-03-25 22:33 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
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
2011-03-27 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
2011-03-28 5:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-28 5:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 11:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 15:41 ` Calvin Walton
2011-03-25 15:41 ` Calvin Walton
2011-03-24 23:49 ` Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:39 ` Ingo Molnar
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 1:34 ` 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
2011-03-25 1:07 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
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
2011-03-25 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
2011-03-24 23:29 ` Len Brown
2011-04-02 21:40 ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-02 21:40 ` Yuhong Bao
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