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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 15:21:25 +0100
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On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 05:14:31PM +0300, Igor Stoppa wrote:

> I have seen very good proposals for saner solutions.
>
> Is that progress?

The proposals so far involve either redefining the problem space or 
being inherently racey. It may be that we can redefine the problem space 
in such a way that everyone's happy, but it's not possible to do so by 
fiat.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org