Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263752AbTEOCmM (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 22:42:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263755AbTEOCmM (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 22:42:12 -0400 Received: from modemcable204.207-203-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca ([24.203.207.204]:25985 "EHLO montezuma.mastecende.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263752AbTEOCmL (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 22:42:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 22:45:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo X-X-Sender: zwane@montezuma.mastecende.com To: Patrick Mochel cc: Andrew Morton , "" Subject: Re: 2.5.69-mm5: reverting i8259-shutdown.patch In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 810 Lines: 21 On Wed, 14 May 2003, Patrick Mochel wrote: > Interesting. This is yet more proof that system-level devices cannot be > treated as common, everyday devices. Sure, it's nice to see them show up > in sysfs with little overhead, and very nice not to have to work about > them during shutdown or power transitions. But there are just too many > special cases (like getting the ordering right ;) that you have to worry > about. > > So, what do we do with them? Does the PIC shutdown callback get called _just_ before acpi_power_off? Zwane -- function.linuxpower.ca - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/