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From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@holomorphy.com>
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Subject: Re: Kexec, DMA, and SMP
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Corey Minyard wrote:

> Yes, some do and some don't.  You could define a new state for the
> "suspend" call that says "just shut down with no locks".  But the
> infrastructure is already in the PCI code and others to do a suspend,
> you could use that and take it out of all the CONFIG_PM ifdefs.

I don't think suspending devices is safe at that stage since removing 
devices and walking lists and freeing memory and disabling devices and... 
kicks up quite a storm.

	Zwane
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