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

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Apr 08 2011 - 16:56:15 EST


On 04/07/2011 11:25 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>
>> Well, it kind of does but not really. :-)
>>
>> The main problem with APM is that nobody really works on it and I'm not sure
>> if there are any active users. At least no one reports any problems with it,
>> which is kind of surprising, given the number of chages we've made in the PM
>> core for the last couple of years. So quite likely it's just become
>> non-functional over time anyway, but we have no confirmation.
>
> It was working ok last time I tried -- cca 6/2010.
> Pavel

What aspects of it did you test, and on what platform?

-hpa

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