linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ide: add proper PCI PM support

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Date:	Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:15:38 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ide: add proper PCI PM support

On Saturday 02 August 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Saturday, 2 of August 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > * Keep pointer to ->init_chipset method also in
> >   struct ide_host and set it in ide_host_alloc_all().
> > 
> > * Add ide_pci_suspend() and ide_pci_resume() helpers
> >   (default ->suspend and ->resume implementations).
> > 
> > * ->init_chipset can no longer be marked __devinit.
> > 
> > * Add proper PCI PM support to IDE PCI host drivers
> >   (rz1000.c and tc86c001.c are skipped for now since
> >   they need to be converted from using ->init_hwif
> >   to use ->init_chipset instead).
> 
> Well, first, the work on improving the PCI PM support by IDE drivers is much
> appreciated.
> 
> Still, since you're adding new routines etc., it may be a good time to
> implement them using the new PM framework, as defined in
> include/linux/pm.h (please also have a look at drivers/pci/pci-driver.c for the
> PCI bus type's PM callbacks implementation details).  Unfortunately, it's not
> been well documented yet, so if you have any questions, please ask.
> 
> In fact, we need some example implementations of the new PM callbacks and
> since you know the drivers in question very well, we could use your
> implementations as examples, if you don't mind.  [Certainly, they would be
> better than PM callbacks written by me for any driver. ;-) ]

Thanks for reviewing the patch.  I'll take a look into converting it to
use new PM infrastructure (it may take a while so please be patient).
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