Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:18:45 +1000
From: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
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Subject: Re: Attempted summary of suspend-blockers LKML thread, take three
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:07:02 +0200
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:

> > 
> > There is no absolute need to start the suspend process from within the
> > kernel, but it makes the user space code much simpler for what we
> > need.  
> 
> I'm entirely aware of that.  Still, I think user space is the right place to
> initiate system suspend.
> 

For what it's worth - I completely agree.

Clearly there is no a lot of unanimity on this, and so lots of room to
experiment with different approaches.  It's best if we leave as much as
possible of that experimentation in user-space - just have the kernel do what
cannot be done elsewhere.

NeilBrown
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