linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] [RFC][PATCH] PM: Introduce new top level suspend and hibernation callbacks (rev. 2)

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Message-Id: <200803261642.29801.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:42:28 +0100
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [RFC][PATCH] PM: Introduce new top level suspend	and hibernation callbacks (rev. 2)

Am Mittwoch, 26. März 2008 15:40:27 schrieb Alan Stern:
> Remember, the whole purpose of this is to let drivers know when the 
> system is going to sleep or waking up.  Proper handling of devices is 
> up to the drivers, not up to the core.

Then declare these methods void. We cannot introduce methods that deliberately
ignore errors. Reporting is also better done in the drivers.

	Regards
		Oliver
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