linux-kernel - Re: blink driver power saving

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Message-ID: <d120d5000707021203v4cfe0d9fx560119035fa5d42a@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:03:43 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Stephen Hemminger" <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: blink driver power saving

On 7/2/07, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> The patch makes sense. You don't need to poll every jiffie to find
> out if system has panic.  But I agree with Linus, it is the kind
> of patch that doesn't belong in the mainline kernel.  Every developer
> seems to have built up a set of crappy/fragile debug tools, but these
> don't belong in the wild.
>

Stephen,

The drivers blinks LEDs when kernel operates normally. During panic
the panic_blink() routine in i8042 gets called directly, without
involving the blink driver.

-- 
Dmitry
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