linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix /sys/device/.../power/state regression

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Message-ID: <20070127171914.GC3942@ucw.cz>
Date:	Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:19:14 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix /sys/device/.../power/state regression

Hi!

> > This patch allows the bus driver to check whether a specific driver 
> > requires the split. If not, the 2.6.18 functionality is restored. It 
> > also alters feature-removals.txt to note that the deprecated 
> > functionality should not be removed until a replacement actually exists.
> 
> That sounds like material for 2.6.20 as well as for 2.6.19.x.

No. It re-enbles mechanism that never worked properly and that is
known to oops the kernels.
							Pavel
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