From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: fbdev and power management Date: 14 Jul 2003 18:34:06 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1058200445.515.23.camel@gaston> References: <1057750557.514.22.camel@gaston> <20030709151032.A22612@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020105111340.GA2254@zaurus.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from amarseille-201-1-2-223.w193-253.abo.wanadoo.fr ([193.253.217.223] helo=gaston) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19c6IM-00016y-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:35:22 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20020105111340.GA2254@zaurus.ucw.cz> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Pavel Machek Cc: James Simmons , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Fbdev development list On Sat, 2002-01-05 at 12:13, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > I'm slightly concerned by this. There are a growing amount of drivers > > in 2.5 which are being made to work with the existing power management > > system. This "new" system seems to have been hanging around for about > > 4 months now with no visible further work, presumably so that a paper > > can be presented before its release. > > I believe it is bad idea to change driver > model again in 2.6.x-pre. I believe current > solution is pretty much okay. Current solution is not okay and actually, the save_state/suspend distinction makes no sense. We have designed a working solution a while ago now, Patrick has it implemented for month, it must get in now or 2.6 will not have proper power management but just "might work" kind of crap Ben. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1