Re: [RFC Add in_use attribute] Let the driver know if it's in use

[Michael Trimarchi <trimarchi@gandalf.sssup.it>]

Hi,

Michael Trimarchi wrote:
> Drivers on embedded systems would be smart enough
> to know that some of the devices should remain powered up, because
> they could still be useful even when the CPU wasn't running.
> The patch add the in_use attribute, that it can be used by the
> the drivers to avoid power down during suspend.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Trimarchi <trimarchi@gandalf.sssup.it>
> Cc: "Alan Stern" <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
> Cc: "Pavel Mackek" <pavel@ucw.cz>
> Cc: "Len Brown" <lenb@kernel.org>
>
>   
I made a mistake to send the email, because I missed all the involved
people. This patch change the previus one "[linux-pm] [RFC Disable 
suspend on a
specific device] This is a little change in linux power scheme".

Regards
Michael