Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268196AbUIGQEV (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:04:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268314AbUIGQBg (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:01:36 -0400 Received: from dragnfire.mtl.istop.com ([66.11.160.179]:12029 "EHLO dsl.commfireservices.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268196AbUIGP6M (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:58:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:02:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: BlaisorBlade Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, len.brown@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Oops and panic while unloading holder of pm_idle In-Reply-To: <200409051802.03976.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> Message-ID: References: <200408171728.06262.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> <200408301309.54465.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> <200409051802.03976.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> 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: 772 Lines: 20 On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, BlaisorBlade wrote: > > There aren't many users of pm_idle > > outside of arch/*/kernel/process.c > Both APM and ACPI set pm_idle, and both can be modular. It seems, however, > they are the only such ones. And since they APM and ACPI refuse to be both > loaded, we cannot have (actually) two modules which override pm_idle. So > you're right. There are a few other issues with pm_idle, preempt and modular drivers which someone else is looking at, we'll see how things go from there. Thanks, Zwane - 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/