From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] PM updates for 2.6.33 Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:17:51 +0100 Message-ID: <200912071617.51262.rjw@sisk.pl> References: <20091206223112.77433d13@infradead.org> <20091207063236.GF21451@core.coreip.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:42592 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932508AbZLGPQ7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:16:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20091207063236.GF21451@core.coreip.homeip.net> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Linus Torvalds , LKML , ACPI Devel Maling List , pm list , Alan Stern On Monday 07 December 2009, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 10:31:12PM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > 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 ;_) > > This is the case with every parent device, isn't it? It is important for > its children. And wasn't Rafael patchset trying to address exactkly > this? Yes, it was. Thanks, Rafael