From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/47] Driver core: add groups support to struct device
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:40:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060927144041.GA4519@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060926142340.GA11999@kroah.com>
Hi!
> > Why can't the device itself manage it? If you want to stub out the
> > common parts just create a function like netdev_suspend and call it at
> > appropriate time.
>
> Because you would then need to add that function call to _every_ network
> device driver. This way, we do not need to do that as the class gets
> called in the proper place before the device driver does.
I'm not sure this is good idea, it also has potential to break all the
network devices with one diff.
Some devices will be doing parts of class_suspend already, so I do not
think that some breakage will happen.
--
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-27 19:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-26 5:37 [GIT PATCH] Driver Core patches for 2.6.18 Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 1/47] Documentation/ABI: devfs is not obsolete, but removed! Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 2/47] deprecate PHYSDEV* keys Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 3/47] class_device_create(): make fmt argument 'const char *' Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 4/47] device_create(): " Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 5/47] Driver core: add const to class_create Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 6/47] sysfs: Make poll behaviour consistent Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 7/47] Debugfs: kernel-doc fixes for debugfs Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 8/47] SYSFS: allow sysfs_create_link to create symlinks in the root of sysfs Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 9/47] Suspend infrastructure cleanup and extension Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 10/47] Suspend changes for PCI core Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 11/47] make suspend quieter Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 12/47] fix broken/dubious driver suspend() methods Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 13/47] PM: define PM_EVENT_PRETHAW Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 14/47] PM: PCI and IDE handle PM_EVENT_PRETHAW Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 15/47] PM: video drivers and PM_EVENT_PRETHAW Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 16/47] PM: USB HCDs use PM_EVENT_PRETHAW Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 17/47] PM: issue PM_EVENT_PRETHAW Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 18/47] updated Documentation/power/devices.txt Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 19/47] PM: update docs for writing .../power/state Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 20/47] PM: add kconfig option for deprecated .../power/state files Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 21/47] PM: schedule /sys/devices/.../power/state for removal Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 22/47] PM: no suspend_prepare() phase Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 23/47] PM: add /sys/power documentation to Documentation/ABI Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 24/47] PM: device_suspend/resume may sleep Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 25/47] PM: platform_bus and late_suspend/early_resume Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 26/47] Driver core: add groups support to struct device Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 27/47] Driver core: allow devices in classes to have no parent Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 28/47] Driver core: add ability for classes to handle devices properly Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 29/47] Driver core: add device_rename function Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 30/47] Driver core: create devices/virtual/ tree Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 31/47] Class: add support for class interfaces for devices Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 32/47] Driver core: add ability for devices to create and remove bin files Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 33/47] kobject: must_check fixes Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 34/47] sysfs_remove_bin_file: no return value, dump_stack on error Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 35/47] Driver core: fix comments in drivers/base/power/resume.c Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 36/47] Driver core: fixed add_bind_files() definition Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 37/47] add __must_check to device management code Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 38/47] add CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:37 ` [PATCH 39/47] v4l-dev2: handle __must_check Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:38 ` [PATCH 40/47] drivers/base: Platform notify needs to occur before drivers attach to the device Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:38 ` [PATCH 41/47] drivers/base: check errors Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:38 ` [PATCH 42/47] sysfs: add proper sysfs_init() prototype Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:38 ` [PATCH 43/47] Driver Core: add ability for drivers to do a threaded probe Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:38 ` [PATCH 44/47] PCI: enable driver multi-threaded probe Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:38 ` [PATCH 45/47] Driver core: Fix potential deadlock in driver core Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:38 ` [PATCH 46/47] Driver core: Remove unneeded routines from " Greg KH
2006-09-26 5:38 ` [PATCH 47/47] Driver core: Don't call put methods while holding a spinlock Greg KH
2006-09-27 18:51 ` [PATCH 44/47] PCI: enable driver multi-threaded probe Olaf Hering
2006-09-29 23:32 ` Greg KH
2006-09-30 6:07 ` Olaf Hering
2006-09-26 17:23 ` [PATCH 41/47] drivers/base: check errors Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-27 4:33 ` Greg KH
2006-09-26 13:24 ` [PATCH 30/47] Driver core: create devices/virtual/ tree Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-26 13:41 ` Greg KH
2006-09-26 13:51 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-26 14:26 ` Greg KH
2006-09-26 17:15 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-26 13:20 ` [PATCH 26/47] Driver core: add groups support to struct device Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-26 13:46 ` Greg KH
2006-09-26 14:01 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-26 14:23 ` Greg KH
2006-09-26 17:10 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-27 14:40 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2006-09-26 15:18 ` Marcel Holtmann
2006-09-26 12:34 ` [GIT PATCH] Driver Core patches for 2.6.18 Mike Galbraith
2006-09-26 20:39 ` Greg KH
2006-09-27 8:47 ` Mike Galbraith
2006-09-27 6:58 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2006-09-27 10:48 ` Mike Galbraith
2006-09-27 13:03 ` Mike Galbraith
2006-09-27 11:42 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
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