linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] sleepy linux self-test

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Date:	Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:00:02 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] sleepy linux self-test


* David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote:

> > > Plus, the way you're doing it now is violating the locking 
> > > protocol used by that driver.
> > 
> > Yep, you are right, but that is the easy issue to fix.
> 
> Which is why I was puzzled that you didn't start out doing it the 
> "right" way ... even just hard-wiring the dubious assumption that 
> "rtc0" is the right RTC to use.  :)

because this was mostly about an quick & easy hack to see whether it 
makes sense at all to automate the testing of suspend/resume. (People 
who want to use RTC functionality might not have the desire to get into 
extending it straight away - they just want something rather obvious 
done and that's it.)

	Ingo
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