Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:56:21 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Todd Poynor <tpoynor@mvista.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>,
       Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
       Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org>,
       linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
       Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Hotplug for device power state changes
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On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 12:59:40PM -0700, Todd Poynor wrote:
> 
> * Changes to kobject to allow kobject hotplug to optionally be 
> synchronous if desired.  I'd assume this is a new hotplug_ops field.

Ick.

> * Synchronous hotplug events for system suspend and resume (without 
> individual device notifications).  These events can probably be 
> generated by the kobject hotplug methods by the existing power subsys 
> (once the above enhancement is in place).

But why?  Do you really need this?  Have you actually tested a system to
see if it is needed?

thanks,

greg k-h
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