linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm][PATCH] base: Change power/wakeup output from "" to "unsupported" if wakeup feature isn't supported by a device

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Message-Id: <200801041820.24819.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:20:23 +0100
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:	Olivier Galibert <galibert@...ox.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, yi.y.yang@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-pm][PATCH] base: Change power/wakeup output from "" to "unsupported" if wakeup feature isn't supported by a device

Am Freitag, 4. Januar 2008 17:52:14 schrieb Olivier Galibert:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 11:38:29AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > How about changing it to say "unavailable"?  That doesn't imply 
> > permanence.
> 
> How about not changing a userland-visible interface gratuitously?

Very good idea.

	Regards
		Oliver
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