From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270257AbTGNQUA (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:20:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270449AbTGNQUA (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:20:00 -0400 Received: from AMarseille-201-1-2-223.w193-253.abo.wanadoo.fr ([193.253.217.223]:23847 "EHLO gaston") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270257AbTGNQT4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:19:56 -0400 Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] fbdev and power management From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Pavel Machek Cc: James Simmons , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Fbdev development list In-Reply-To: <20020105111340.GA2254@zaurus.ucw.cz> References: <1057750557.514.22.camel@gaston> <20030709151032.A22612@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020105111340.GA2254@zaurus.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1058200445.515.23.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0 Date: 14 Jul 2003 18:34:06 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2002-01-05 at 12:13, Pavel Machek wrote: > 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 Ben.