Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:32:03 +0100 (MET) | From | "Maciej W. Rozycki" <> | Subject | Re: Switch APIC (+nmi, +oprofile) to driver model |
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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.
-- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available +
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