linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm][PATCH] base: Change power/wakeup output from "" to "unsupported" if wakeup feature isn't supported by a device

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:55:23 +0800
From:	Yi Yang <yi.y.yang@...el.com>
To:	Olivier Galibert <galibert@...ox.com>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>, pavel@....cz,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-pm][PATCH] base: Change power/wakeup output from "" to
	"unsupported" if wakeup feature isn't supported by a device

On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 17:52 +0100, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 11:38:29AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > How about changing it to say "unavailable"?  That doesn't imply 
> > permanence.
> 
> How about not changing a userland-visible interface gratuitously?
"empty" can't tell a user the state of wakeup of a device, so it is
necessary to change it.
> 
>   OG.
> 

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/