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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: + rework-pm_ops-pm_disk_mode-kill-misuse.patch added
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:03:05 +0100
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On Thu 2007-03-22 16:41:40, Vitaly Wool wrote:
> On 3/22/07, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >> > No, once SOFTWARE_SUSPEND is configured there's *no way* to disable =
it
> >> > after the fact via pm_ops. Read valid_state() in kernel/power/main.c.
> >>
> >> So how does a platform with only flash (and an insufficient amount of
> >> flash at that) tell the suspend code that suspend-to-disk is not
> >> supported?
> >
> >Hohum, perhaps it can suspend to SD card? Or perhaps it can suspend
> >over network?
> =

> Cool, imagine your MP3 player suspending over network... Or suspending
> to SD card and switching off in the middle of the process leaving the
> SD card filesystem broken. Congratulations, you've bought a nice
> device...

Then why did you ask it to suspend, and why did its manufacturer
enable SOFTWARE_SUSPEND?

Unix lets you shoot yourself into the foot. If you do not like that,
go use something else.
									Pavel
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