Re: remove incorrect dependancy on CONFIG_APM

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Thu Dec 22 2005 - 21:17:10 EST


On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 04:21:27PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> >From the PM_LEGACY Kconfig description..
>
> "Support for pm_register() and friends."
>
> Note, no mention of 'make apm stop working'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> --- linux-2.6.14/arch/i386/Kconfig~ 2005-12-20 16:19:17.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.14/arch/i386/Kconfig 2005-12-20 16:19:21.000000000 -0500
> @@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ depends on PM && !X86_VISWS
>
> config APM
> tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
> - depends on PM && PM_LEGACY
> + depends on PM
>...

This doesn't compile:

<-- snip -->

...
CC arch/i386/kernel/apm.o
arch/i386/kernel/apm.c: In function 'apm_init':
arch/i386/kernel/apm.c:2304: error: 'pm_active' undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/i386/kernel/apm.c:2304: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
arch/i386/kernel/apm.c:2304: error: for each function it appears in.)
arch/i386/kernel/apm.c: In function 'apm_exit':
arch/i386/kernel/apm.c:2410: error: 'pm_active' undeclared (first use in this function)
make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/apm.o] Error 1

<-- snip -->


If PM_LEGACY causes user confusion for APM users, commit
bca73e4bf8563d83f7856164caa44d5f42e44cca should be reverted.


cu
Adrian

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