Re: [linux-pm] Re: [PATCH 1/23] Add missing device_suspsend(PMSG_FREEZE) calls.

[david-b]

> And there is of course the puzzle of why there exists simultaneously
> driver shutdown() and suspend(PMSG_FREEZE) methods as I believed they
> are defined to do exactly the same thing.

No puzzle; that's not how they're defined.  Both of them cause the
device to quiesce that device's activity.  But:

 - shutdown() is a "dirty shutdown OK" heads-up for some level
   of restart/reboot; hardware will be completely re-initialized
   later, normally with hardware level resets and OS rebooting.

 - freeze() is a "clean shutdown only" that normally sees hardware
   state preserved, and is followed by suspend() or resume().

Or so I had understood.  That does suggest why having FREEZE in the
reboot path could be trouble:  you could be rebooting because that
hardware won't do a clean shutdown!

- Dave

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