linux-kernel - Re: When will the lunacy end? (Was Re: [PATCH] uswsusp: add pmops->{prepare,enter,finish} support (aka "platform mode"))

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Message-Id: <200609262235.14816.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:35:13 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@...uxmail.org>,
	Stefan Seyfried <seife@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: When will the lunacy end? (Was Re: [PATCH] uswsusp: add pmops->{prepare,enter,finish} support (aka "platform mode"))

On Tuesday, 26 September 2006 22:14, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 12:45:00AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >...
> > solid)
> > 	apart from HIGHMEM64G fiasco, and related agpgart fiasco long
> > 	time before that... these are driver problems...
> >...
> 
> One point that seems to be a bit forgotten is that driver problems do 
> actually matter a lot:
> 
> I for one do not care much whether I can abort suspending (I can always 
> resume) or whether dancing penguins are displayed during suspending - 
> but the fact that my saa7134 card only outputs the picture but no sound 
> after resuming from suspend-to-disk is a real show-stopper for me.

Certainly, but neither me, nor Pavel can fix all drivers with suspend-related
problems.

I think the only way to get the drivers' problems fixed eventually is to file
bug reports in bugzilla and generally complain about them to the people
who write/maintain these drivers.

Greetings,
Rafael


-- 
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
		R. Buckminster Fuller
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