| From: |
| Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> |
| To: |
| Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH] APM: delete APM in Linux-2.6.40 |
| Date: |
| Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:39:07 -0400 (EDT) |
| Message-ID: |
| <alpine.LFD.2.02.1103240336590.4529@x980> |
| Cc: |
| linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org |
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Article |
From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@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@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@intel.com>
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1.7.4.1.343.ga91df
