From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] PM updates for 2.6.33 Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:31:12 -0800 Message-ID: <20091206223112.77433d13@infradead.org> References: <200912060254.10081.rjw@sisk.pl> <20091206113555.5a646713@infradead.org> <20091206121803.70385c33@infradead.org> <7AB497C7-8495-4535-9E83-81307E008BF4@gmail.com> <20091206171856.394ce6d8@infradead.org> <20091207022706.GA20770@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20091206213112.568c602b@infradead.org> <20091207061548.GB21451@core.coreip.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:43660 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753537AbZLGG3B (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Dec 2009 01:29:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20091207061548.GB21451@core.coreip.homeip.net> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Linus Torvalds , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , LKML , ACPI Devel Maling List , pm list , Alan Stern On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:15:49 -0800 Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > And the bad thing is that violates multiple layers in the kernel. > Atkbd driver does not have to be using i8042; neither does psmouse. > Althtough they do in 99% of the cases there are other controllers > providing the i8042-style ports. Just grep for SERIO_8042 in > drivers/input/serio. > > I do not want to hard-code the i8042-psmouse-atkbd dependency. it's not a specific dependency. it's a "I know I'm critical, so everything before me needs to be done". that doesn't encode an actual relationship, it encodes a potential relationship... with a worst case behavior of ... what we do right now ;_) -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org