linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] Re: Hibernation considerations

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Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:50:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>,
	Ying Huang <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	linux-pm <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms@....edu>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Re: Hibernation considerations

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hi!
>
>>>  Do we have to block module loading?
>>
>> No.  Registering new drivers is okay, registering new devices is bad.
>>
>> Of course, some modules do want to register a new device in their init
>> method.  I don't know what we should do about them.  Force the
>> registration to fail, I suppose.  How often will people suspend while a
>> module is loading?
>
> Well... plug this pcmcia card into the slot so that I do not have to
> carry it separately, close the lid and go?
>
> ...not that impossible to imagine...

I useually leave my broadband card in the slot, but not seated. I wouldn't 
bet against it getting pushed in enough to be detected while putting the 
laptop in the bag.

David Lang
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