Re: [ 01/10] [Suspend2] kernel/power/modules.h

[Pavel Machek]

On Ät 02-02-06 13:16:40, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On St 01-02-06 23:45:15, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > > So what's the plan for short-term? Are userspace suspend and suspend
> > > modules mutually exclusive or can they co-exist?
> 
> On 2/2/06, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > They can coexist for as long as neccessary. (At one point, it was even
> > possible to suspend using userland code, then resume using kernel code
> > :-).
> >
> > When I found out noone is really using kernel code any more (2.8.0 or
> > something), I'd like to get rid of it.
> 
> So are you saying we should pursue merging Suspend2 bits in the
> mainline and deprecate it when userspace is mature enough and has all
> the same features? Seems counter-productive but then again I am mostly
> clueless of suspend issues.

No, I'm saying that suspend2 bits should be moved into userspace. That
way we get mature userspace much faster, without any big merge into
kernel.
								Pavel
-- 
Thanks, Sharp!
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