Re: community PM requirements/issues and PowerOP [Was: Re: So, what's the status on the recent patches here?]

Pavel Machek
2006-09-17T12:46:39Z

On Thu 2006-09-14 14:25:32, Jon Loeliger wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 08:03, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> > Actually, laptops and zauruses seem to be the only "interesting"
> > machines from pm perspective.
>
> Well, and future parts and machines that are in the works.
>
> > Then there are Motorola cellphones, but
> > Motorola tried hard not to enable users changing kernel... so they are
> > irrelevant.
>
> That might be a bit unfair. Those engineers at Motorola
> who put linux on the cellphones and mobile devices do
> need to have the PM support. They are NOT irrelevant.

Of course I am unfair. It is nice that motorola ships linux-based
cellphones, but they made really sure that users can't hack
them... which is considered anti-social by the community.

So it would be nice if kernel matched requirements by Motorola, but it
is *way* more important that it matches requirements by Sharp and
notebook requirements... because Sharp & notebook manufacturers
actually play fair.
Pavel
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