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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] Serial slave device bus
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:20:29 +0200
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On Tue, 2017-01-10 at 13:10 +0100, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:

> > So the question is really if a driver only needs to do power
> > management on open() and close() or if it also has to translate or
> > transform the packets. There are devices who speak NMEA and all is
> > good.
> 
> The device I want to upstream the driver speaks NMEA but should be
> powered down unless accessed...

By the way, have you seen the series [1] I'm working on towards bringing
runtime PM for all (current) serial drivers?

[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-serial/msg24025.html

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy