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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Provide console_suspend() and console_resume()
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Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
>
> Hi!
> 
> > Add console_suspend() and console_resume() methods so the serial drivers
> > can disable console output before suspending a port, and re-enable output
> > afterwards.
> 
> Could it be called console_stop()/console_start()? suspend/resume
> sounds like power managment, and it is unrelated....

That's exactly what we ended up doing.