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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Support current clocksource handling in
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From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>
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On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 04:34 +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> > I'm still a little confused how kernel modules fit in here.. Are you
> > saying a user would unload some certain driver which has a pin locked
> > down and prevents the clocksource from working. Then the user would load
> > the clocksource module which would now function, and that all would have
> > to happen in order to enter a certain power state?
> > 
> Yes.

I'm assuming this isn't a low power state, this would be something more
like suspend or hibernate right?

Daniel