Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] sleepy linux self-test | Date | Sun, 3 Feb 2008 23:43:52 +0100 |
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On Sunday, 3 of February 2008, David Brownell wrote: > > > See the appended; it includes more of Ingo's suggestions. > > > > > > Since this is increasingly unrelated to the "sleepy linux" concept > > > (a version of what systems like OLPC, N700, and N800 are doing), I > > > got rid of the "sleepy.c" file. > > > > The changes look good to me. > > They feel unfinished to me though. :) > > Like using "jiffies" instead of a clocksource, which makes trouble > since the timing covers periods with IRQs disabled. And the test > mode parameter needs work. > > > > Well, it would be nice to have this feature in as soon as reasonably possible, > > so that people can include suspend tests in the automated testing. > > Except ... "rtcwake" (from util-linux-ng) already supports such > testing, albeit from userspace. But not the timing tests. > > What was the rationale for wanting this done in-kernel? (Other > than to know it can work portably.)
Ingo wants it for automated testing not involving user space modifications.
Thanks, Rafael
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