Re: Nested suspends; messages vs. states

[Pavel Machek <pavel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>]

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Hi!

> Messages vs. states:  At the moment the PM core seems to be pretty
> confused over this distinction.  Right in the definition of struct
> dev_pm_info we have:
> 
> 	pm_message_t		power_state;
> 
> Obviously a message isn't the same thing as a state.  This looks like 
> something that will need to be changed in a lot of drivers when we 
> introduce the new notion of a power state.

This is not so obvious to me. Message seems to represent the state
driver is in quite well... Plus we need PMSG_ON for state the device
gets after resume, but that's quite easy...
								Pavel
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