Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86 idle APM: delete apm_cpu_idle()

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:42:53 -0400
Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The APM idle feature to call into the BIOS
> is known to break some machines, and it has dubious benefit
> on the (decades old) machines it doesn't break.

You mean "doesn't fit my current plan" I think. I see almost no bugzilla
APM reports. It's been solid for years.

It makes a big difference on older systems as it drops the clock. If we
are going to drop this we should probaly also drop APM support entirely
and 386/486 support.

If not IMHO it should stay. Various embedded platforms are still using
ancient hardware setups.

This is a small stable piece of code that has required no maintainance in
years

Furthermore we have a feature removal process. Mark it down to be removed
in July 2013 if there are no objections, and then wait as per proper
process.

NAK

Alan


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