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Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)
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On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 13:32 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:

> On some platforms (like those with ACPI), deeper power-savings are
> available by using forced suspend than by using idle. 

Sounds like something that's fixable, doesn't it?

>  That used to be
> the case on Android.  Arve has said that it isn't necessarily true any
> more, but that's the way their software is set up.

Who cares about their current software? We're arguing about sensible
interfaces for the technical problem posed.