Re: [PATCH 1/8] PM: Opportunistic suspend support.

Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-05-26T22:09:21Z

On Wednesday 26 May 2010, Florian Mickler wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2010 19:28:24 +0200
> Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
>
>
> > Besides that it is not linux system at all?
>
> I believe the kernel to be a layer between userspace and hardware. What
> business is it to the kernel if it runs whatever android
> uses as init process or /bin/bash, sys-v-init or systemd?
>
> There is this thing called choice.
>
> >
> > Yes, with custom userspace it works extremely nicely.
> >
> > Had anyone even tried running oportunistic suspend on normal desktop?
> > Pavel
>
> I don't think this is a valid concern. Just because current linux/gnu
> systems don't implement the userspace part of this interface doesn't
> mean it is useless or broken.

Agreed.

BTW, this is a valid point. We are used to think about Linux as the kernel
plus the GNU user space, but that's not how it has to be.

Thanks,
Rafael