Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270827AbTHGUaN (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:30:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270847AbTHGUaN (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:30:13 -0400 Received: from smtp-out2.iol.cz ([194.228.2.87]:43910 "EHLO smtp-out2.iol.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270827AbTHGUaJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:30:09 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 22:29:51 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: James Simmons Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linux-kernel mailing list , Linux Fbdev development list , Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] Framebuffer: 2nd try: client notification mecanism & PM Message-ID: <20030807202951.GB413@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20030807100309.GB166@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 863 Lines: 22 Hi! > > I believe solution to this is simple: always switch to kernel-owned > > console during suspend. (swsusp does it, there's patch for S3 to do > > the same). That way, Xfree (or qtopia or whoever) should clean up > > after themselves and leave the console to the kernel. (See > > kernel/power/console.c) > > Not very helpful on embedded systems that use the framebuffer without the > VT console. Okay, that might be a problem. But such system will need some special notification... Is VT so much overhead? Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - 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/