From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support (v2)
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:01:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2y644tsmq.fsf@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1103240430110.16085@x980> (Len Brown's message of "Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:31:48 -0400 (EDT)")
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> writes:
> Microsoft was able to delete APM from Windows in 2006
> with the release of Windows Vista. 5 years later it seems
> quite safe that the latest Linux kernel can also.
>
> The vintage APM laptops have become difficult to find,
> making changes in this area difficult to test.
One other use-case even on non laptops was powering off the system.
I know my desktops used to need that.
Would it make sense to retain that path?
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-24 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <alpine.LFD.2.02.1103232321070.3848@x980>
[not found] ` <20110324154505.934a56a0.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
2011-03-24 7:39 ` [PATCH] APM: delete APM in Linux-2.6.40 Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:16 ` [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support Len Brown
2011-03-24 8:31 ` [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support (v2) Len Brown
2011-03-24 16:01 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2011-03-24 8:39 ` [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 23:49 ` Len Brown
2011-03-25 11:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 12:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 12:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 22:33 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-03-26 4:35 ` Len Brown
2011-04-08 6:25 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-08 20:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-11 13:05 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-11 18:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-13 13:30 ` Pavel Machek
2011-03-26 5:01 ` Len Brown
2011-03-26 9:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-27 21:40 ` Ondrej Zary
2011-03-28 4:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-28 5:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-28 12:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-28 5:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 15:41 ` Calvin Walton
2011-03-24 8:18 ` [PATCH] APM: delete APM in Linux-2.6.40 Stephen Rothwell
2011-03-24 8:38 ` Alexander Stein
2011-03-24 10:21 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-03-24 23:05 ` Len Brown
2011-03-25 1:07 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-03-25 1:34 ` Len Brown
2011-04-04 16:44 ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-04 20:18 ` Len Brown
2011-03-24 12:15 ` Ondrej Zary
2011-03-24 23:29 ` Len Brown
2011-03-25 8:07 ` Ondrej Zary
2011-03-26 5:09 ` Len Brown
2011-04-02 21:40 ` Yuhong Bao
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