linux-kernel - Re: Power Management with rootfs on SDMMC.

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Date:	Sun, 5 Apr 2009 20:45:00 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
To:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>, Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>,
	Sriram V <vshrirama@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Power Management with rootfs on SDMMC.

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:26:01 +0200
Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de> wrote:

> 
> The least that should be done now is to drastically change this Kconfig
> description (mention that _both_ settings can be dangerous, and help
> people decide which one to use), to reflect current knowledge.
> I'd be willing to submit a patch... (--> Pierre, right?)
> 

Right. And it probably needs a better description, yes. What should
also be clear is that one failure mode results in noisy corruption, and
the other in silent corruption (which is much worse IMO).

Rgds
-- 
     -- Pierre Ossman

  Linux kernel, MMC maintainer        http://www.kernel.org
  rdesktop, core developer          http://www.rdesktop.org

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