linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] Attempted summary of suspend-blockers LKML thread

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Message-ID: <866453.87809.qm@web180313.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Date:	Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:38:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, swetland@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, florian@...kler.org,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Attempted summary of suspend-blockers LKML thread

> > > I should have made a stronger point:
> "power-aware" is _not_ a good
> > > term for these applications. 

Strongly disagree.  The whole point is that they
ARE VERY MUCH AWARE and interact with a power
policy to achieve goals.

Like refusing to power down active subsystems,
or actively powering down inactive ones.
Q.E.D. ... "aware".


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