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SubjectRe: Switch APIC (+nmi, +oprofile) to driver model
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Mikael Pettersson wrote:

> > OK, but then the question is: are the following calls:
> >
> > + driver_register(&local_apic_driver);
> > + return sys_device_register(&device_local_apic);
> >
> > for suspend/resume exclusively?
>
> Yes.

OK, then.

> We could register the device also in other cases (!PM, SMP)
> but the methods would then be nullified and we'd have a device
> node with a name but no operations. I could do that, I just
> think it's pointless.

Agreed if the interface is not going to be extended further, i.e. the
intent is to cover PM-capable devices only.

I'd prefer the discrete APIC support not to get broken accidentally as
such systems are rare thus testing is limited.

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