From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934037Ab1CXQCw (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:02:52 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:8098 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933729Ab1CXQCu (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:02:50 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.63,237,1299484800"; d="scan'208";a="901319206" From: Andi Kleen To: Len Brown Cc: Stephen Rothwell , 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) References: <20110324154505.934a56a0.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:01:17 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Len Brown's message of "Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:31:48 -0400 (EDT)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Len Brown 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