From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261444AbVHBJ4C (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 05:56:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261465AbVHBJyO (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 05:54:14 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:10470 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261447AbVHBJxU (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 05:53:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:53:12 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel list , ebiederm@xmission.com Subject: Re: Calling suspend() in halt/restart/shutdown -> not a good idea Message-ID: <20050802095312.GA1442@elf.ucw.cz> References: <1122908972.18835.153.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1122908972.18835.153.camel@gaston> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > Why are we calling driver suspend routines in these ? This is _not_ Well, reason is that if you remove device_suspend() you'll get emergency hard disk park during powerdown. As harddrives can survive only limited number of emergency stops, that is not a good idea. Pavel -- teflon -- maybe it is a trademark, but it should not be.