Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

Peter Zijlstra
2010-05-27T17:28:08Z

On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 18:25 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 07:20:56PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> > Suppose X (or whatever windowing system) will block all clients that try
> > to draw when you switch off your screen.
> >
> > How would we not wake them when we do turn the screen back on and start
> > servicing the pending requests again?
>
> How (and why) does the WoL (which may be *any* packet, not just a magic
> one) turn the screen back on?

Why would you care about the screen for a network event?