Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267487AbUI1C21 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:28:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267509AbUI1C20 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:28:26 -0400 Received: from fmr05.intel.com ([134.134.136.6]:4279 "EHLO hermes.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267487AbUI1C2Y convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:28:24 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: suspend/resume support for driver requires an external firmware Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:28:01 +0800 Message-ID: <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F8403BD579C@pdsmsx403> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: suspend/resume support for driver requires an external firmware Thread-Index: AcSkshiIAJIveccgSNS48VO1gos4pQATvnuA From: "Zhu, Yi" To: "Patrick Mochel" Cc: "Oliver Neukum" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Sep 2004 02:28:02.0469 (UTC) FILETIME=[C7417550:01C4A502] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 706 Lines: 18 Patrick Mochel wrote: > Why not just suspend the device first, then enter the system > suspend state; then on resume, resume the device after > control has transferred back to userspace. That way, the > driver can load the firmware from the disk, and we don't have > to worry about it in the kernel. Automate with a script, and > never worry about it again. :) This won't work for the mount NFS root model proposed by Denis Vlasenko on this topic. Thanks, -yi - 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/