linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Introduce CONFIG

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Message-Id: <200707311115.29057.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:15:27 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, david@...g.hm,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Introduce CONFIG_SUSPEND (updated)

On Tuesday, 31 July 2007 06:59, Len Brown wrote:
> On Sunday 29 July 2007 17:27, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > Still, there are many other files in which CONFIG_PM can be replaced
> > with CONFIG_PM_SLEEP or even with CONFIG_SUSPEND, but they can be updated in
> > the future.
> 
> There is #ifdef CONFIG_PM
> around all the .suspend and .resume methods.
> 
> Technically they are PM_DEVICE_STATES or something,
> that could really be under PM, and both SUSPEND and HIBERNATE
> would depend on PM_DEVICE_STATES, but it is also possible to have
> PM_DEVICE_STATES without SUSPEND and HIBERNATE.

Well, the people on linux-pm seem to agree that the .suspend() and .resume()
callbacks are not suitable for runtime power management, so having them
built without SUSPEND or HIBERNATION wouldn't be very useful. ;-)

Greetings,
Rafael


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