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Message-ID: <20091206223112.77433d13@infradead.org> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:31:12 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] PM updates for 2.6.33 On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:15:49 -0800 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote: > And the bad thing is that violates multiple layers in the kernel. > Atkbd driver does not have to be using i8042; neither does psmouse. > Althtough they do in 99% of the cases there are other controllers > providing the i8042-style ports. Just grep for SERIO_8042 in > drivers/input/serio. > > I do not want to hard-code the i8042-psmouse-atkbd dependency. it's not a specific dependency. it's a "I know I'm critical, so everything before me needs to be done". that doesn't encode an actual relationship, it encodes a potential relationship... with a worst case behavior of ... what we do right now ;_) -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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