linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] [RFC][PATCH] PM: Introduce new top level suspend and hibernation callbacks (rev. 2)

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Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:36:36 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [RFC][PATCH] PM: Introduce new top level
 suspend	and hibernation callbacks (rev. 2)

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Oliver Neukum wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, 26. März 2008 15:40:27 schrieb Alan Stern:
> > Remember, the whole purpose of this is to let drivers know when the 
> > system is going to sleep or waking up.  Proper handling of devices is 
> > up to the drivers, not up to the core.
> 
> Then declare these methods void. We cannot introduce methods that deliberately
> ignore errors. Reporting is also better done in the drivers.

That decision is up to Rafael.  Changing the methods to return void is 
okay with me.

Alan Stern

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