[linux-pm] [PATCH] APM: delete APM in Linux-2.6.40
Len Brown
lenb at kernel.org
Thu Mar 24 00:39:07 PDT 2011
From: Len Brown <len.brown at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown at intel.com>
---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index b3f35e5..2a03c46 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -619,3 +619,11 @@ Why: The original implementation of memsw feature enabled by
Who: Michal Hocko <mhocko at suse.cz>
----------------------------
+
+What: CONFIG_APM
+When: 2.6.40
+Why: Microsoft deleted APM from Windows as of Vista in in 2006.
+ It now seems more than safe that the latest Linux Kernel be APM-free.
+ The vintage laptops supporting APM are now difficult to find,
+ making it problatic to maintain this code.
+Who: Len Brown <len.brown at intel.com>
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