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* [PATCH 0/4] Remove some obsolete PM stuff
@ 2008-06-12  8:25 Rafael J. Wysocki
  2008-06-12  8:27 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86: Remove obsolete PM definitions from NMI header Rafael J. Wysocki
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  0 siblings, 5 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Rafael J. Wysocki @ 2008-06-12  8:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: LKML
  Cc: ACPI Devel Maling List, Andrew Morton, Len Brown, Pavel Machek,
	pm list

Hi,

The following series of patches removes some PM stuff that is obsolete and not
used any more, AFAICS.

Thanks,
Rafael


-- 
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil." - Donald Knuth


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* Re: [PATCH 4/4] Remove obsolete piece of PM documentation
@ 2008-06-12 21:29 Randy Dunlap
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Randy Dunlap @ 2008-06-12 21:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rafael J. Wysocki, Pavel Machek
  Cc: LKML, ACPI Devel Maling List, Andrew Morton, Len Brown, pm list

--- Original Message ---
> On Thu 2008-06-12 22:48:58, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Thursday, 12 of June 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > --- Original Message ---
> > > > On Thu 2008-06-12 10:31:38, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Remove an obsolete piece of PM documentation.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  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.
> > 
> > Updated patch is appended.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Rafael
> > 
> > ---
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
> > 
> > Remove some obsolete PM documentation.
> > 
> > The majority of contents of Documentation/power/pm.txt are
> > outdated.  Remove the outdated parts of this file and move the rest
> > to Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt .  Update the index in
> > Documentation/power/ as appropriate.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
> 
> ACK and thanks.

Same here.

~Randy


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2008-06-12  9:15   ` Ingo Molnar
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2008-06-12 13:09   ` Pavel Machek
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2008-06-12 13:10   ` Pavel Machek
2008-06-12  8:31 ` [PATCH 4/4] Remove obsolete piece of PM documentation Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-06-12 13:12   ` Pavel Machek
2008-06-12 15:38     ` Randy Dunlap
2008-06-12 20:48       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-06-12 20:51         ` Pavel Machek
2008-06-26 19:40           ` Len Brown
2008-06-26 20:34             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-06-12  9:26 ` [PATCH - supplement] PM: Remove remaining obsolete definitions from pm.h (was: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Remove some obsolete PM stuff) Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-06-12 13:13   ` Pavel Machek
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