Re: [RFD] Automatic suspend

Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16T17:31:08Z

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:48:06 +0100
Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> wrote:

> > Userspace should just be the part that says "I'm interested in link
> > notifications". The driver then just goes to the lowest power state
> > for its device that still gives those notifications.
>
> Should there be a channel through which drivers can tell user space
> what the consequences in terms of reaching a sleep state are if a
> service is requested?

Personally, I don't think so.
Think about it: what would userspace do?
Not ask for the functionality if it means no sleep state?
Maybe it should just never ask for it then as a required functionality!

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