From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: fbdev and power management Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:11:43 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20030714201143.GE902@elf.ucw.cz> References: <1057750557.514.22.camel@gaston> <20030709151032.A22612@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020105111340.GA2254@zaurus.ucw.cz> <1058200445.515.23.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from smtp-out2.iol.cz ([194.228.2.87]) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19c9gA-0007aF-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:12:10 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1058200445.515.23.camel@gaston> 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" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: James Simmons , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Fbdev development list 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 save_state/suspend distinction may be irrelevant, but I don't see how it makes whole current code "might work" kind of crap. Can you describe some significant problem with current code? I do not think it is good idea to have to touch all drivers in 2.6.0-test time without some *good* reason. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] ------------------------------------------------------- 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