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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:40:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] devexit fixes in i82092.c
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> I wonder if mochel already code for this, or has thought about this... 
>  Just like suspend, IMO we ideally should use the device tree to 
> shutdown the system, agreed?

Ideally we should, yes. Although if we really turn off power, it doesn't 
much matter.

> Further, I wonder if the reboot/shutdown notifiers can be replaced with 
> device tree control over those events...

This is what I want. Those reboot/shutdown notifiers are completely and 
utterly buggy, and cannot sanely handle any kind of device hierarchy.

		Linus

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