ACPI: plan to delete "acpi=ht" boot option Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a5cc0db..ed511af 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -582,3 +582,10 @@ Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> ---------------------------- + +What: "acpi=ht" boot option +When: 2.6.35 +Why: Useful in 2003, implementation is a hack. + Generally invoked by accident today. + Seen as doing more harm than good. +Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c index df586bb..7914ab0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -1559,8 +1559,10 @@ } /* Limit ACPI just to boot-time to enable HT */ else if (strcmp(arg, "ht") == 0) { - if (!acpi_force) + if (!acpi_force) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "acpi=ht will be removed in Linux-2.6.35\n"); disable_acpi(); + } acpi_ht = 1; } /* acpi=rsdt use RSDT instead of XSDT */