linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS:i8259.c remove resume and shutdown to syscore

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 16:01:43 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
cc:	Pengfei Zhang <zoppof.zhang@...il.com>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS:i8259.c remove resume and shutdown to syscore_ops

On Tue, 24 May 2011, Ralf Baechle wrote:

> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 08:19:18PM +0800, Pengfei Zhang wrote:
> 
> > Remove the resume and shutdown of i8259A from the sysdev_class
> > to the syscore_ops since these members had removed from the
> > structure sysdev_class.
> 
> I don't see why one would want to want to first call register_syscore_ops
> then sysdev_class_register and sysdev_register?

The whole point of syscore_ops is to get rid of the sysdev which had
only one purpose: handing the suspend/resume ops in. The resulting
sysfs entry is completely useless.

Thanks,

	tglx
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