linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

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Message-Id: <201005272336.26643.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Thu, 27 May 2010 23:36:26 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	felipe.balbi@...ia.com, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

On Thursday 27 May 2010, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 13:32 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> 
> > On some platforms (like those with ACPI), deeper power-savings are
> > available by using forced suspend than by using idle. 
> 
> Sounds like something that's fixable, doesn't it?

The fix would probably have to involve rewriting the ACPI spec.

Rafael
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