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

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Message-ID: <45D39F20.4050907@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:45:36 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
CC:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@...il.com>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
Subject: Re: NAK new drivers without proper power management?

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> Why a new flag?
> 
> For example, there are drivers that define .suspend() and .resume() which
> do not work correctly and we can use the flag to mark them.

Depending on how serious the problems with these .suspend/.resume()s
are, you could also put a printk in them or #if 0 bad_code #else return
-ENOSYS #endif around them.
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