Re: [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Mar 28 2011 - 00:51:40 EST



* Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Is there somebody on LKML that has a older laptop than me
> > and is able to get it to boot in APM mode? I'd be astonished
> > if there was not. Are they willing to regularly test changes
> > to the upstream kernel to make sure that APM still works?
> > If yes, where have they been for the last 5 years?
>
> I just tested 2.6.38-rc4 on a desktop board and it works (power off at least).

Ok, thanks for testing. I too tried APM poweroff in the not too distant past
and it worked - but not very recent kernels.

Thanks,

Ingo
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