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    x86 idle APM: deprecate CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE · 99c63221
    Len Brown authored
    We don't want to export the pm_idle function pointer to modules.
    Currently CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE w/ CONFIG_APM_MODULE forces us to.
    
    CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is of dubious value, it runs only on 32-bit
    uniprocessor laptops that are over 10 years old.  It calls into
    the BIOS during idle, and is known to cause a number of machines
    to fail.
    
    Removing CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE and will allow us to stop exporting
    pm_idle.  Any systems that were calling into the APM BIOS
    at run-time will simply use HLT instead.
    
    cc: x86@kernel.org
    cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
    cc: stable@kernel.org # .39.x
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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