Re: APM driver patch summary

[Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de>]

I'll have a look over the weekend.

On 22-Dec-2001 Thomas Hood wrote:
> I wrote:
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> Here is an updated list of the patches:
> 1. Notify listener of suspend before drivers        (Russell King, me)
>     (appended)
> 2. Fix idle handling                                (Andreas Steinmetz)
>     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100754277600661&w=2
> 3. Control apm idle calling by runtime parameter    (Andrej Borsenkow)
>     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100852862320955&w=2
> 4. Detect failure to stop CPU on apm idle call      (Andrej Borsenkow)
>     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100869841008117&w=2
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> 
> I have just tried to combine these and I have run into trouble.
> Patch 4 applies on top of patch 3, but neither of these applies
> on top of patch 2.  Can you guys sort these out into one big
> "fix idle calling" patch that includes a runtime parameter
> to control idle calling, which overrides a default selected
> either by CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE or by a bit of code that checks
> for CPU stoppage?
> 
> Or has someone already done this?
> 
> The latest Russell King (modified by me) patch is now at:
>    http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/apm.html
> 
> --
> Thomas Hood
> 
> 
> 

Andreas Steinmetz
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