Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86 idle APM: delete apm_cpu_idle()

2012-07-28 Thread Len Brown
On 07/28/2012 06:11 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:42:53 -0400 > Len Brown wrote: > >> From: Len Brown >> >> The APM idle feature to call into the BIOS >> is known to break some machines, and it has dubious benefit >> on the (decades old) machines it doesn't break. > > You mean

Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86 idle APM: delete apm_cpu_idle()

2012-07-28 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:42:53 -0400 Len Brown wrote: > From: Len Brown > > The APM idle feature to call into the BIOS > is known to break some machines, and it has dubious benefit > on the (decades old) machines it doesn't break. You mean "doesn't fit my current plan" I think. I see almost no

Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86 idle APM: delete apm_cpu_idle()

2012-07-28 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:42:53 -0400 Len Brown l...@kernel.org wrote: From: Len Brown len.br...@intel.com The APM idle feature to call into the BIOS is known to break some machines, and it has dubious benefit on the (decades old) machines it doesn't break. You mean doesn't fit my current

Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86 idle APM: delete apm_cpu_idle()

2012-07-28 Thread Len Brown
On 07/28/2012 06:11 AM, Alan Cox wrote: On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:42:53 -0400 Len Brown l...@kernel.org wrote: From: Len Brown len.br...@intel.com The APM idle feature to call into the BIOS is known to break some machines, and it has dubious benefit on the (decades old) machines it doesn't

[PATCH 2/4] x86 idle APM: delete apm_cpu_idle()

2012-07-27 Thread Len Brown
From: Len Brown The APM idle feature to call into the BIOS is known to break some machines, and it has dubious benefit on the (decades old) machines it doesn't break. After this patch, systems running in APM mode will simply run default_idle() and HALT, rather than calling into the BIOS from

[PATCH 2/4] x86 idle APM: delete apm_cpu_idle()

2012-07-27 Thread Len Brown
From: Len Brown len.br...@intel.com The APM idle feature to call into the BIOS is known to break some machines, and it has dubious benefit on the (decades old) machines it doesn't break. After this patch, systems running in APM mode will simply run default_idle() and HALT, rather than calling