On Thu 2008-06-12 10:31:38, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> > > Remove an obsolete piece of PM documentation. > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/power/pm.txt | 257 --------------------------------------------- > 1 file changed, 257 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/power/pm.txt > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/power/pm.txt > +++ /dev/null > @@ -1,257 +0,0 @@ > - Linux Power Management Support > - > -This document briefly describes how to use power management with your > -Linux system and how to add power management support to Linux drivers. > - > -APM or ACPI? > ------------- > -If you have a relatively recent x86 mobile, desktop, or server system, > -odds are it supports either Advanced Power Management (APM) or > -Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). ACPI is the newer > -of the two technologies and puts power management in the hands of the > -operating system, allowing for more intelligent power management than > -is possible with BIOS controlled APM. > - > -The best way to determine which, if either, your system supports is to > -build a kernel with both ACPI and APM enabled (as of 2.3.x ACPI is > -enabled by default). If a working ACPI implementation is found, the > -ACPI driver will override and disable APM, otherwise the APM driver > -will be used. > - > -No, sorry, you cannot have both ACPI and APM enabled and running at > -once. Some people with broken ACPI or broken APM implementations > -would like to use both to get a full set of working features, but you > -simply cannot mix and match the two. Only one power management > -interface can be in control of the machine at once. Think about it.. I'd keep this; it is still true, and we still support both. Maybe it should be moved into Doc*/power/apm.txt or something. ACK on rest. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
