From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755549AbYFLPsp (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:48:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753245AbYFLPsg (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:48:36 -0400 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:31925 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751334AbYFLPsf (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:48:35 -0400 Message-ID: <16803397.1213285081959.JavaMail.oracle@acsmt301.oracle.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:38:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Randy Dunlap To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Remove obsolete piece of PM documentation Cc: LKML , pm list , Len Brown , Andrew Morton , ACPI Devel Maling List In-Reply-To: <20080612131253.GD5455@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200806121025.24668.rjw@sisk.pl> <200806121031.39186.rjw@sisk.pl> <20080612131253.GD5455@ucw.cz> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Webmail Client(UIX) Content-Language: en-US Accept-Language: en-US X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Original Message --- > On Thu 2008-06-12 10:31:38, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki > > > > Remove an obsolete piece of PM documentation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki > > --- > > Documentation/power/pm.txt | 257 --------------------------------------------- > > 1 file changed, 257 deletions(-) > > > > Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/power/pm.txt > > =================================================================== > > --- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/power/pm.txt > > +++ /dev/null > > @@ -1,257 +0,0 @@ > > - Linux Power Management Support > > - > > -This document briefly describes how to use power management with your > > -Linux system and how to add power management support to Linux drivers. > > - > > -APM or ACPI? > > ------------- > > -If you have a relatively recent x86 mobile, desktop, or server system, > > -odds are it supports either Advanced Power Management (APM) or > > -Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). ACPI is the newer > > -of the two technologies and puts power management in the hands of the > > -operating system, allowing for more intelligent power management than > > -is possible with BIOS controlled APM. > > - > > -The best way to determine which, if either, your system supports is to > > -build a kernel with both ACPI and APM enabled (as of 2.3.x ACPI is > > -enabled by default). If a working ACPI implementation is found, the > > -ACPI driver will override and disable APM, otherwise the APM driver > > -will be used. > > - > > -No, sorry, you cannot have both ACPI and APM enabled and running at > > -once. Some people with broken ACPI or broken APM implementations > > -would like to use both to get a full set of working features, but you > > -simply cannot mix and match the two. Only one power management > > -interface can be in control of the machine at once. Think about it.. > > I'd keep this; it is still true, and we still support both. > > Maybe it should be moved into Doc*/power/apm.txt or something. Yes, if there is a good sub-directory for it, please put it there. > ACK on rest. ~Randy