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Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> The only direct relationship between the freezer and drivers is that some of
> them use kernel threads that call try_to_freeze() (and other freezer-related
> functions).

If removing thoset was the only benefit of getting rid of the freezer
with kexec, it would almost be worth it, IMO :)

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