Re: Asus P1-AH2 won't suspend (regression)

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Saturday, 5 of January 2008, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 08:30:30PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > Yes, but we have quite a lot of systems working with the current code, so
> > I'd like to give them a chance to use the post-1.0 ordering (just in case).

Just to clarify: I'm going to change the default to the pre-2.0 ordering and
add a boot option for switching the post-1.0 ordering.

> If the vast majority of systems have never been vendor-tested with the 
> alternative ordering, then I don't see what it buys us.

1. Possibility to test the alternative ordering without hacking and recompiling
   the kernel.
2. Compatibility with future systems that will use the new odering.

> We've a demonstrable case here of it causing a regression.

Correct, but if the default is changed, I don't see a problem with leaving an
option to do that.

Thanks,
Rafael