Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:41:24 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86 APM: delete Linux kernel APM support |
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote: > > > > Okay, I can delay this way: > > > > > > 2.6.39: > > > feature-removal.txt targets 2.6.42 removal > > > depend on CONFIG_EXPERT > > > > > > 2.6.40, 2.6.41: > > > WARN once on run-time access > > > > > > 2.6.42: > > > remove. > > > > Regardless of removal, i'd suggest a "this code is not supported" kind of > > WARN() message to the APM code today, into .39 - to see whether it pops up > > anywhere - and mark it for -stable as well. > > > > .42 removal might be too fast, considering the typical release schedule of > > Linux distributions. [...] > > Anyway, i'd ack this schedule if you queued up the WARN() today with a -stable > tag, on the condition that if we get complaints about that message, we keep APM > support.
s/today/for .39
Thanks,
Ingo
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