From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762054AbYFLNOV (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:14:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760299AbYFLNNq (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:13:46 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:4193 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757363AbYFLNNp (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:13:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:12:53 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: LKML , ACPI Devel Maling List , Andrew Morton , Len Brown , pm list , Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Remove obsolete piece of PM documentation Message-ID: <20080612131253.GD5455@ucw.cz> References: <200806121025.24668.rjw@sisk.pl> <200806121031.39186.rjw@sisk.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200806121031.39186.rjw@sisk.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. ACK on rest. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html