Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:07:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:07:29 -0400 Received: from cs6625129-123.austin.rr.com ([66.25.129.123]:40968 "HELO dragon.taral.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:07:10 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:08:26 -0500 From: Taral To: Patrick Mochel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] New Driver Model for 2.5 Message-ID: <20011018110826.A22339@taral.net> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 04:52:29PM -0700, Patrick Mochel wrote: > When a suspend transition is triggered, the device tree is walked first t= o=20 > save the state of all the devices in the system. Once this is complete, t= he=20 > saved state, now residing in memory, can be written to some non-volatile= =20 > location, like a disk partition or network location.=20 >=20 > The device tree is then walked again to suspend all of the devices. This= =20 > guarantees that the device controlling the location to write the state is= =20 > still powered on while you have a snapshot of the system state.=20 Aha! A much nicer solution to the problem the ACPI people are having with suspend/resume (ordering problems). --=20 Taral This message is digitally signed. Please PGP encrypt mail to me. "Any technology, no matter how primitive, is magic to those who don't understand it." -- Florence Ambrose --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAjvO/noACgkQoQQF8xCPwJSKEQCfRDABojCC41Rcjj4WzYQOrdfX fgYAn1Ze4GSOzW5iF57Y0lZ+yJ/Tb9/V =o4Ck -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q-- - 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/