linux-kernel - Re: Run-time PM idea (was: Re: [linux-pm] [RFC][PATCH 0/2] PM: Rearrange core suspend code)

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Date:	Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:58:49 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Run-time PM idea (was: Re: [linux-pm] [RFC][PATCH 0/2] PM: Rearrange core suspend code)

Am Montag, 8. Juni 2009 15:46:47 schrieb Ingo Molnar:
> ( Providing a way to _override_ those defaults is of course natural,
>   via /sysfs, should the user express an interest in tweaking it, or
>   should the kernel get it so wrong that a distro wants to work it
>   around. But your argument seems to be "push configuration and
>   handling into user-space" which is really backwards. )

If we agree that the default shall be that the kernel doesn't switch
off features of the hardware for power saving by default, does this
make a practical difference to keeping the configuration in user space?

	Regards
		Oliver

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