Re: [PATCH 0/19] New set of input patches

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 07:54:53AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
 
> But the flag will not give you atomicity of resetting other fields, like
> pktcount. I guess we can ensure it by carefully rearranging the states
> and what is reset at what point but it is too fragile.
> 
> Would you accept a pair serio_rx_suspend/serio_rx_resume that would still
> take the lock internally but not expose this fact to the driver?

Yes, but don't call them suspend/resume. That sounds too much like
powermanagement, which it isn't. Network uses start/stop. Block layer
uses plug/unplug - in the sense that you have a pipe, and if you don't
want any more data, you plug it.

> > > > > (*) These patches have also been sent to Greg KH.
> > > >
> > > > Did he accept them already?
> > >
> > > No, not yet. He promised to take a look at
> > platoform_device_register_simple by
> > > the end of the week but I guess kernel.bkbits.net troubles might
> > intervene...
> > > And other 2 I just send out today.
> > 
> > Ok. I'll wait then.
> 
> Sysfs changes should be useable even without platform device changes
> and I would like start syncing with you. Would you take patches 2 
> through 10 (I will drop the legacy_position stuff)?
 
Yes.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR