From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Kill off legacy power management stuff. Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:12:54 -0400 Message-ID: <46254666.2020308@tmr.com> References: <200704131022.45315.rjw@sisk.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200704131022.45315.rjw@sisk.pl> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-pm-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: linux-pm-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: pm list , "Robert P. J. Day" , Pavel Machek , Linux Kernel Mailing List List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > [appropriate CCs added] > = > On Friday, 13 April 2007 02:33, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> just something i threw together, not in final form, but it represents >> tossing the legacy PM stuff. at the moment, the menuconfig entry for >> PM_LEGACY lists it as "DEPRECATED", while the help screen calls it >> "obsolete." that's a good sign that it's getting close to the time >> for it to go, and the removal is fairly straightforward, but there's >> no mention of its removal in the feature removal schedule file. > = > It's been like this for a long long time. I think you're right that it c= an be > dropped, but I don't know the details (eg. why it hasn't been dropped yet= ). > = One reason was that there are (were?) a number of machines which only = powered down properly using apm. It was discussed as part of shutting = down after power failure when your UPS is running out of power. I haven't checked on that in a while, I'm just supplying one reason = since you wondered. -- = Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot