Re: [PATCH 0/2] staging/android fixes

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

> >> Arve's done a few revisions of the wakelock code with the linux-pm
> >> list, and I know he's planning on trying to work through the remaining
> >> issues (as I recall there was some discussion on read/write vs ioctl
> >> interfaces to userspace) in the near future.
> >>
> >> This really is the one piece that has the most impact on everything
> >> else -- maintaining versions of the various platform hardware drivers
> >> with and without wakelock support is messy.
> >
> > It is really not that bad. Yes, it touches most drivers, but it is few
> > lines per driver and easy to remove.
> >
> > Waiting for wakelocks (1year plus, AFAICT) before merging hw drivers
> > seems like very slow way forward.
> 
> I'm not suggesting we hold off on everything until they're in, just
> saying it'll simplify things once they are.

That's certainly true :-).

> I'd like to get to a point where we can ship out of the upstream
> kernel and that's going to need power management to work.  If we can
> sort out wakelocks (as it seemed like we were getting close to),
> that's one less difference to maintain.

Yes, that would be nice.
								Pavel
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