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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-pm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] [pm] Respect the actual device power states in sysfs interface
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:46:35 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060220004635.GA22576@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0602191557520.8676-100000@monsoon.he.net>

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On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 03:59:25PM -0800, Patrick Mochel wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > > Fix the per-device state file to respect the actual state that
> > > is reported by the device, or written to the file.
> >
> > Can we let "state" file die? You actually suggested that at one point.
> >
> > I do not think passing states in u32 is good idea. New interface that passes
> > state as string would probably be better.
> 
> Yup, in the future that will be better. For now, let's work with what we
> got and fix 2.6.16 to be compatible with previous versions..

It's _way_ too late in the 2.6.16 cycle for this series of patches, if
that is what you are proposing.

thanks,

greg k-h

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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>,
	torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-pm@osdl.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 3/5] [pm] Respect the actual device power states in sysfs interface
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:46:35 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060220004635.GA22576@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0602191557520.8676-100000@monsoon.he.net>

On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 03:59:25PM -0800, Patrick Mochel wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > > Fix the per-device state file to respect the actual state that
> > > is reported by the device, or written to the file.
> >
> > Can we let "state" file die? You actually suggested that at one point.
> >
> > I do not think passing states in u32 is good idea. New interface that passes
> > state as string would probably be better.
> 
> Yup, in the future that will be better. For now, let's work with what we
> got and fix 2.6.16 to be compatible with previous versions..

It's _way_ too late in the 2.6.16 cycle for this series of patches, if
that is what you are proposing.

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-02-20  0:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-18  2:03 [PATCH 3/5] [pm] Respect the actual device power states in sysfs interface Patrick Mochel
2006-02-18  2:03 ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-18 15:55 ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-18 15:55   ` [linux-pm] " Pavel Machek
2006-02-19 23:59   ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-19 23:59     ` [linux-pm] " Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20  0:09     ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-20  0:09       ` [linux-pm] " Pavel Machek
2006-02-20  0:17       ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20  0:17         ` [linux-pm] " Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20  0:20         ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-20  0:20           ` [linux-pm] " Pavel Machek
2006-02-20  0:36           ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20  0:36             ` [linux-pm] " Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20  0:41             ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-20  0:41               ` [linux-pm] " Pavel Machek
2006-02-20 17:55               ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20 17:55                 ` [linux-pm] " Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20 17:58                 ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-20 17:58                   ` [linux-pm] " Pavel Machek
2006-02-20 18:08                   ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20 18:08                     ` [linux-pm] " Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20 18:10                     ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-20  0:46     ` Greg KH [this message]
2006-02-20  0:46       ` Greg KH
2006-02-20 17:58       ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20 17:58         ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-20 22:04         ` Greg KH
2006-02-20 22:04           ` [linux-pm] " Greg KH
2006-02-21  1:09           ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-21  1:09             ` [linux-pm] " Patrick Mochel
2006-02-21 10:57             ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-21 10:57               ` [linux-pm] " Pavel Machek
2006-02-21 11:12               ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-21 11:12                 ` [linux-pm] " Patrick Mochel
2006-02-21 11:25                 ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-21 11:25                   ` [linux-pm] " Pavel Machek
2006-02-27 19:06                   ` Patrick Mochel
2006-02-27 19:06                     ` [linux-pm] " Patrick Mochel

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