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

* 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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