linux-kernel - Re: pm_register() and pm_send

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Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:54:26 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: pm_register() and pm_send_all()

On Wednesday, 12 of March 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> This:
> 
> kernel/power/pm.c:203: warning: 'pm_register' is deprecated (declared at kernel/power/pm.c:62)
> kernel/power/pm.c:203: warning: 'pm_register' is deprecated (declared at kernel/power/pm.c:62)
> kernel/power/pm.c:204: warning: 'pm_send_all' is deprecated (declared at kernel/power/pm.c:178)
> kernel/power/pm.c:204: warning: 'pm_send_all' is deprecated (declared at kernel/power/pm.c:178)
> 
> is getting a bit boring.  These were marked deprecated at least three years
> ago.
> 
> 
> pm_register() no longer has any callers and afacit can be removed
> immediately.
> 
> pm_send_all() has just a handful of callers:
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
> arch/mips/au1000/common/power.c
> arch/frv/kernel/pm.c
> 
> could we please get a bit of a push on this?  How should these
> pm_send_all() calls be replaced?

Well, I was going to do that some time ago, but I'm not really familiar with
the old code.  Some assistance would be welcome.

Thanks,
Rafael
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