x86, apm: remove CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF in favor of a kernel parameter
authorNiels de Vos <niels.devos@wincor-nixdorf.com>
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:13:53 +0000 (14:13 -0800)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:28:49 +0000 (11:28 +0100)
Remove CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF like CONFIG_APM_POWER_OFF which
has been done for linux-2.2.14pre8 (http://lkml.org/lkml/1999/11/23/3).

Re-introducing CONFIG_APM_POWER_OFF got nack-ed. Stephen didn't bother
to remove CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF, let's get rid of it now.
Reference: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/5/7/97

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/Kconfig
arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c

index 4cf0ab13d187a943f88afc1d9761c739fee41008..ebcad15ccf35b701894e49def15f5c52f96d97b6 100644 (file)
@@ -1629,13 +1629,6 @@ config APM_ALLOW_INTS
          many of the newer IBM Thinkpads.  If you experience hangs when you
          suspend, try setting this to Y.  Otherwise, say N.
 
-config APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF
-       bool "Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off"
-       help
-         Use real mode APM BIOS calls to switch off the computer. This is
-         a work-around for a number of buggy BIOSes. Switch this option on if
-         your computer crashes instead of powering off properly.
-
 endif # APM
 
 source "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig"
index 5145a6e72bbbf7f6a4e93d85aed20c769f0883dc..3a26525a3f31a03f3490f7e17be537a6fb3e7c7e 100644 (file)
@@ -391,11 +391,7 @@ static int power_off;
 #else
 static int power_off = 1;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF
-static int realmode_power_off = 1;
-#else
 static int realmode_power_off;
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS
 static int allow_ints = 1;
 #else