Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750911AbWBSToI (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:44:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750915AbWBSToI (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:44:08 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:40095 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750911AbWBSToH (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:44:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:43:44 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Phillip Susi Cc: Alan Stern , Kyle Moffett , Alon Bar-Lev , Kernel development list Subject: Re: Flames over -- Re: Which is simpler? Message-ID: <20060219194343.GA15311@elf.ucw.cz> References: <43F8C464.3000509@cfl.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43F8C464.3000509@cfl.rr.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 938 Lines: 21 > >since there's no difference (as far as the kernel can see) between power > >loss on the bus and an actual unplug, you can hardly say that one should > >be allowed and the other not. > > But there _IS_ a difference between power loss and actual unplug, so > I very well can say one is allowed and the other is not. The fact that > the kernel can not tell the difference is simply a limitation that must > be dealt with. Kernel can not tell the diference, and just because you don't like the behaviour does not mean we have to work around hardware limitation. You deal with it. Post a patch. Pavel -- Web maintainer for suspend.sf.net (www.sf.net/projects/suspend) wanted... - 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/