Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754420AbZLGG3E (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Dec 2009 01:29:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753845AbZLGG3D (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Dec 2009 01:29:03 -0500 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:43660 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753537AbZLGG3B (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Dec 2009 01:29:01 -0500 Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:31:12 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Linus Torvalds , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , LKML , ACPI Devel Maling List , pm list , Alan Stern Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] PM updates for 2.6.33 Message-ID: <20091206223112.77433d13@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20091207061548.GB21451@core.coreip.homeip.net> References: <200912060254.10081.rjw@sisk.pl> <20091206113555.5a646713@infradead.org> <20091206121803.70385c33@infradead.org> <7AB497C7-8495-4535-9E83-81307E008BF4@gmail.com> <20091206171856.394ce6d8@infradead.org> <20091207022706.GA20770@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20091206213112.568c602b@infradead.org> <20091207061548.GB21451@core.coreip.homeip.net> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1088 Lines: 29 On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:15:49 -0800 Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > And the bad thing is that violates multiple layers in the kernel. > Atkbd driver does not have to be using i8042; neither does psmouse. > Althtough they do in 99% of the cases there are other controllers > providing the i8042-style ports. Just grep for SERIO_8042 in > drivers/input/serio. > > I do not want to hard-code the i8042-psmouse-atkbd dependency. it's not a specific dependency. it's a "I know I'm critical, so everything before me needs to be done". that doesn't encode an actual relationship, it encodes a potential relationship... with a worst case behavior of ... what we do right now ;_) -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- 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/