Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 08:36:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 08:36:13 -0400 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:521 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 08:36:08 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] New Driver Model for 2.5 To: helgehaf@idb.hist.no (Helge Hafting) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:38:02 +0100 (BST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3BD94A65.1A8E6B84@idb.hist.no> from "Helge Hafting" at Oct 26, 2001 01:35:02 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Telling the kernel to suspend while burning a CD is > on the same level as ejecting the CD while burning. > It has to go wrong. Someone explicitly asking for > trouble might as well get it. It need not be someone asking for trouble. It might just be a ten minute "nothing happened" timeout that starts the decision making. > The really dumb users is probably using a GUI tool > for either activity, that one may of course refuse > to ruin the burn. The current GUI tools don't know anything about 2.5 power management, and in some cases don't know when the driver has done needed work or not. Alan - 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/