Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754659Ab0ATVJI (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:09:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754369Ab0ATVJG (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:09:06 -0500 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:33717 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753113Ab0ATVJD (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:09:03 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Alan Stern Subject: Re: [Update][RFC][PATCH] PM / Runtime: Add sysfs switch for disabling device run-time PM Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:09:29 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.3 (Linux/2.6.33-rc4-rjw; KDE/4.3.3; x86_64; ; ) Cc: pm list , LKML , Jesse Barnes , Matthew Garrett References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201001202209.29207.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 995 Lines: 30 On Wednesday 20 January 2010, Alan Stern wrote: > 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? Apparently not, but I can try. ;-) * status * power (power/power looks weird, but the values would make sense) * control No more ideas for now. Rafael -- 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/