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

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 03/27/2011 09:51 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * 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.
> 

Given that the current merge window rewrote this code, it would be good
to get it tested on 2.6.39-rc1 when it becomes available.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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