Re: [RFC] New Driver Model for 2.5

David Lang
2001-10-25T17:48:40Z

let alone a reason for a suspend to be triggered while running the tape.

David Lang

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Victor Yodaiken wrote:

> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:20:01 -0600
> From: Victor Yodaiken <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com>
> To: Rob Turk <r.turk@chello.nl>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [RFC] New Driver Model for 2.5
>
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:27:11AM +0200, Rob Turk wrote:
> > > The act of "suspend" should basically be: shut off the SCSI controller,
> > > screw all devices, reset the bus on resume.
> > >
> >
> > Doing so will create havoc on sequential devices, such as tape drives. If
>
> I'm failing to imagine a good case for suspending a system that has a
> tape drive on it.
>
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