linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm 3/3] PM: Disable _request

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Date:	Mon, 28 May 2007 13:07:51 +0100
From:	Michael-Luke Jones <mlj28@....ac.uk>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm 3/3] PM: Disable _request_firmware before hibernation/suspend

On 28 May 2007, at 13:01, Kay Sievers wrote:

> In our development model, users of an interface are expected to  
> improve
> it, because nobody else really knows what's needed. That unfortunately
> didn't happen so far.

Thanks for responding :)

The fact that no-one is told to use the new right way (tm) in any  
available documentation does not help matters improve. One issue is  
that the 'asynchronous' interface seems to rely on the same 'dodgy'  
timeout mechanism as the original request_firmware() call... Looks  
like the lack of a maintainer should be the opportunity for a rework  
of this API.

Michael-Luke Jones
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