On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:22:58 -0400 Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> > > There is some doubt whether the APM idle feature > to call into the BIOS from the idle loop is reliable. > Certainly it was known to fail on some machines, And it was known to work on lots - a point that despite repeated reminding you seem keen to ignore. The fundamental problem I have with this patch set is this You've provided no architectural overall justification for all this effort. What is the big picture around your crusade here ? What is the grand plan ? > but more importantly, APM machines have not shipped > for a decade and so finding machines to test the code > is problematic. So don't test it - if it's wrong someone will let you know, believe me 8) And 2.6.40 is far too soon - it takes about a year for stuff to rattle through to leading edge distro users in bulk Alan _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
