linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI suspend: Blacklist HP xw4600 Workstation for old code ordering

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Message-ID: <20081015085809.GA1061@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:58:09 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Brown <john.brown3@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI suspend: Blacklist HP xw4600 Workstation for old code ordering

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:54:06PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
> 
> ACPI suspend: Blacklist HP xw4600 Workstation for old code ordering
> 
> HP xw4600 Workstation is known to require the "old" (ie. compatible
> with ACPI 1.0) suspend code ordering, so blacklist it for this
> purpose.

This doesn't seem to be scaling especially well. The xw4600 is a new 
machine, so if it needs the "old" code ordering then that's a strong 
indication that we're doing something wrong. I think trying to work out 
what would be more useful than just adding it to a blacklist.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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