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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/3] Allow objects other than "struct
	device" in pm list
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:59:36 -0800
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On Wednesday 28 February 2007 1:20 pm, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi David,
> =

> It appears that your unread lists backlog is even longer than mine ;)

I had to tune out linux-PM for a while due to volume (and travel).  In
retrospect, that was a good choice because those discussions were so
inconclusive.  Ergo one might say it was more noise than signal.  :)


> On 2/28/07, David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Any object with embedded dev_pm_info structure can be added to
> > > ower management list and have its suspend/resume methods called
> > > automatically by driver core.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
> >
> > This patch was interesting ... was there followup that I missed?
> =

> Yes, there was:
> http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/linux-pm/2006-October/003927.html

The list archive just showed these patches, no direct followups.
Too bad.  :(

 =

> > (The patch 3/3, teaching class_device how to do PM, seems like it's
> > not a good approach, now that class suspend/resume can work.)
> >
> =

> Now the point is moot; I was just trying to do class device
> suspend/resume without wholesale conversion to struct device requiring
> entire tree shakeup.

It seems that's not going to happen for class_device.  I take it you
were looking at having the input subsystem use class suspend/resume?

- Dave