Re: [PATCH] apm: orphan the driver

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On 03/28/2011 11:21 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> Or we phase out the APM effort by only supporting it for poweroff, for
>> example.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Not sure about suspend, screen saver etc. I suppose those could
> be kept as frozen legacy features. At least until someone else
> wants to redesign those parts too.
> 

Since poweroff applies even to stationary systems, it's probably the
most important bit.  Suspend/resume the second most important.

	-hpa
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