linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] PM: Use CONFIG_PM instead of CONFIG_PM

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Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2014 23:34:03 +0100
From:	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PCI <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] PM: Use CONFIG_PM instead of CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME in
 core code

[...]

> That said whether or not it is ever useful to set PM_RUNTIME alone is a good
> question.  In my opinion it is useful today, at least on some platforms that
> don't really support system suspend or hibernation in any form.  However, it
> may not be the case any more when suspend-to-idle becomes mature enough,
> because that should just work for any platform without any kind of special
> support.  We're still missing some timekeeping bits there, but once that
> gap has been covered, we may just eliminate PM_SLEEP as well if there's a
> broad consensus on that.

That's sounds like a good approach, thanks for sharing your ideas and plans.

Feel free to add my reviewed-by tag to this patchset as well.

Kind regards
Uffe
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