Re: [PATCH] devexit fixes in i82092.c

Linus Torvalds
2002-03-16T07:42:25Z

On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> I wonder if mochel already code for this, or has thought about this...
> Just like suspend, IMO we ideally should use the device tree to
> shutdown the system, agreed?

Ideally we should, yes. Although if we really turn off power, it doesn't
much matter.

> Further, I wonder if the reboot/shutdown notifiers can be replaced with
> device tree control over those events...

This is what I want. Those reboot/shutdown notifiers are completely and
utterly buggy, and cannot sanely handle any kind of device hierarchy.

Linus