Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:11:43 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] fbdev and power management |
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Hi!
> > > I'm slightly concerned by this. There are a growing amount of drivers > > > in 2.5 which are being made to work with the existing power management > > > system. This "new" system seems to have been hanging around for about > > > 4 months now with no visible further work, presumably so that a paper > > > can be presented before its release. > > > > I believe it is bad idea to change driver > > model again in 2.6.x-pre. I believe current > > solution is pretty much okay. > > Current solution is not okay and actually, the save_state/suspend > distinction makes no sense. > We have designed a working solution > a while ago now, Patrick has it implemented for month, it must > get in now or 2.6 will not have proper power management but just > "might work" kind of crap
save_state/suspend distinction may be irrelevant, but I don't see how it makes whole current code "might work" kind of crap.
Can you describe some significant problem with current code? I do not think it is good idea to have to touch all drivers in 2.6.0-test time without some *good* reason. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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