Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752246Ab0ATPJJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:09:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751874Ab0ATPJH (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:09:07 -0500 Received: from iolanthe.rowland.org ([192.131.102.54]:38583 "HELO iolanthe.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751147Ab0ATPJG (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:09:06 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:09:03 -0500 (EST) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@iolanthe.rowland.org To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" cc: pm list , LKML , Jesse Barnes , Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [Update][RFC][PATCH] PM / Runtime: Add sysfs switch for disabling device run-time PM In-Reply-To: <201001192132.26765.rjw@sisk.pl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 779 Lines: 20 On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > Why change the name from "level" to "runtime"? > > Because it wouldn't be really obvious what "level" applied to. For example, > some people might expect the values of "level" to correspond to PCI power > states for PCI devices and so on, so it might turn out to be confusing. But is the name "runtime" any clearer? Especially to people who have never come across the phrase "runtime power management"? Does anybody have a suggestion for a better attribute name? Alan Stern -- 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/