Re: [GIT PULL] PM updates for 2.6.33

Arjan van de Ven
2009-12-07T06:29:01Z

On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:15:49 -0800
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> 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 ;_)

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