linux-kernel - Re: NAK new drivers without proper power management?

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Message-ID: <75b66ecd0702091759q4140680atee2e80f7ca26af03@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 9 Feb 2007 20:59:55 -0500
From:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	"Robert Hancock" <hancockr@...w.ca>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Jeff Garzik" <jeff@...zik.org>, nigel@...el.suspend2.net
Subject: Re: NAK new drivers without proper power management?

On 2/9/07, Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca> wrote:
> I would disagree that it's a peripheral issue, it's pretty core these
> days, at least for any hardware that you can stuff in a laptop (though a
> fair number of desktops get suspended and resumed these days too).

Servers are still the most important Linux market, and don't care
about suspend/resume.  I would consider implementing suspend./resume
for a driver that will only be used in server or HPC class hardware a
waste of valuable development resources.

Lee
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