Re: [patch] pm: fix runtime powermanagement's /sys interface

Pavel Machek
2006-01-06T04:17:54Z

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> > > Also there's nothing "runtime" about the PCMCIA PM API. It's much more
> > > like calling ->remove() as it disabled the device all together.
> >
> > It looks enough runtime to me.
>
> As was already discussed, we don't want to modify every userspace
> application to check if the device it needs is "on" (resumed) or
> "off" (suspended). It's just two painful with third party apps etc.
> Therefore, the kernel needs to handle this more seemlessly. In my

But we do not want to reactivate device on first access. Certainly not
in PCMCIA case. Reactivation is separate problem.

Pavel

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Thanks, Sharp!

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