linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] PM: Introduce new top level suspend and hibernation callbacks (rev. 8)

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Message-Id: <1208130513.6958.72.camel@pasglop>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:48:33 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@...a.org.au>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>,
	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] PM: Introduce new top level suspend and
	hibernation callbacks (rev. 8)


On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 19:23 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> 
> Thus, in addition to making all the interface changes implied by the 
> new callbacks, drivers would also have to change the way they
> interact 
> with userspace.  Yes, this will have to be done eventually in any
> case, 
> as the freezer goes away -- but it shouldn't have to be done right
> now.

I disagree. The freezer can already be compiled out and is already not
used on some architectures.

Cheers,
Ben.


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