On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 17:48:59 +0100 Mathieu Malaterre <ma...@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: pmud
> Severity: important
> 
> I believe the pmud package should be removed from jessie since it
> relies internally on CONFIG_PMAC_APM_EMU being set. This is not longer
> the case, therefore /proc/apm is not available anymore.
> 
> $ cat README.Debian
> [...]
> Recent kernels should have APM emulation built in so /proc/apm should be
> used where possible.
> [...]

Indeed, it was disabled in linux-2.6 version 2.6.22~rc2-1~experimental.1
so this has not worked with the official kernel packages for the last 3
releases.

We have had proper cross-architecture power management APIs for many
years now so I think it is past time for this package to go.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

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