linux-kernel - Re: NAK new drivers without proper power management?

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Date:	Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:21:04 +0100
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
CC:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	nigel@...el.suspend2.net, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: NAK new drivers without proper power management?

Am 11.02.2007 20:42 schrieb Pavel Machek:
[...]
>> What about this:
>>
>> "If the device requires that, implement .suspend and .resume or at least
>> define .suspend that will always return -ENOSYS (then people will know they
>> have to unload the driver before the suspend).  Similarly, if you aren't sure
>> whether or not the device requires .suspend and .resume, define .suspend that
>> will always return -ENOSYS."
> 
> Sounds ok to me. Where should this text go?
> Documentation/SubmittingDrivers ?


Documentation/power/devices.txt?

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Tilman Schmidt                          E-Mail: tilman@...p.cc
Bonn, Germany
- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
  In practice, there is.


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