Re: [PATCH 8] PM: Allow user space to change thepower.async_suspend flag of devices

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Thu Aug 27 2009 - 16:04:36 EST


Hi Rafael,

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 09:20:55PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
>
> Add sysfs attribute power/async for every device allowing the user
> space to access the device's power.async_suspend flag and modify it,
> if necessary.
>

I don't think we should let users meddle with individual devices;
one global flag should be enough to work around "broken-at-the-moment"
issues.

--
Dmitry
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