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

Matthew Garrett
2010-05-27T17:25:10Z

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?

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