Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932374AbWBLKSG (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:18:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932377AbWBLKSG (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:18:06 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:37791 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932374AbWBLKSF (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:18:05 -0500 Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:17:51 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Pavel Machek cc: Stefan Seyfried , Matthew Garrett , linux-pm@lists.osdl.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] [1/3] Generic in-kernel AC status In-Reply-To: <20060210134638.GA5109@elf.ucw.cz> Message-ID: References: <20060208125753.GA25562@srcf.ucam.org> <20060210080643.GA14763@suse.de> <20060210121913.GA4974@elf.ucw.cz> <20060210123259.GB18577@suse.de> <20060210134638.GA5109@elf.ucw.cz> 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: 665 Lines: 20 >> > > Ok. Maybe i am not seeing the point. But why do we need this in the kernel? >> > > Can't we handles this easily in userspace? >> > >> > Some kernel parts need to now: for example powernow-k8: some >> >> we can tell them from userspace. > >No, because battery will explode if you do not slow cpu down fast >enough. How is that? APC UPS don't explode either if they are switching to battery. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/