linux-kernel - Re: mac80211 suspend corner case (was: Asus eeepc 1008HA suspend issue and mac80211 suspend corner) case

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Message-ID: <1261595489.27798.0.camel@johannes.local>
Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:11:29 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@...eros.com>
Cc:	Luis Rodriguez <Luis.Rodriguez@...eros.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
Subject: Re: mac80211 suspend corner case (was: Asus eeepc 1008HA suspend
 issue and mac80211 suspend corner) case

On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 11:08 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> So you want drivers to handle start() failures (even if its not for
> resume) with an unregistration to mac80211?

Not necessarily. If it's a temporary error, that's fine, of course, but
if the hardware is suddenly inaccessible for whatever reason then yes,
of course, unregistering is the only good choice no matter when it
happens.

johannes

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