Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:46:18 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] apm: orphan the driver |
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote: > > Phasing out APM idle at least would be reasonable. resumably even if the old > laptops still work they are likely on AC because their batteries have > long died. So using a bit more power in idle shouldn't be a big > issue.
Agreed. Especially since I'm not at all convinced that APM CPU idling ever really worked in the first place.
And as you say, it's not a catastrophic failure even if we were to remove it, and even if it were to have mattered on those old laptops years ago. I think we can happily say "not worth worrying about" when it comes to APM_CPU_IDLE.
And shutdown, suspend and screensaver should all be much easier to continue to support - they shouldn't have any serious infrastructure issues.
Linus
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