On Thu 2008-06-12 22:48:58, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, 12 of June 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > --- Original Message --- > > > 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. > > > > Yes, if there is a good sub-directory for it, please put it there. > > > > > ACK on rest. > > Updated patch is appended. > > Thanks, > Rafael > > --- > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> > > Remove some obsolete PM documentation. > > The majority of contents of Documentation/power/pm.txt are > outdated. Remove the outdated parts of this file and move the rest > to Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt . Update the index in > Documentation/power/ as appropriate. > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> ACK and thanks. 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
