Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix console handling during suspend/resume

Linus Torvalds
2006-06-24T04:35:35Z

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, David Brownell wrote:
>
> > Good point. We probably should. That really really makes sense, and that
> > also automagically solves the "network device" issue.
>
> I'm not sure doing that with class devcies is the right idea, at least
> until they show up in the driver model tree as physical children of the
> parent hardware (so that the driver model tree automatically handles
> sequence constraints.

See the example (admittedly untested) patch.

You obviously have to walk the devices in _bus_ order, but once you do,
there's nothing that prevents you from them using the _class_ suspend to
help suspend that device.

The fact that we can suspend with a class function does not mean that we
have to _walk_ with a class order.

So in a very real sense, the classes _do_ show up as physical children of
the parent hardware: they show up as instances of devices.

Linus