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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Hotplug for device power state changes
Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 12:59:40PM -0700, Todd Poynor wrote:
>
>>* Changes to kobject to allow kobject hotplug to optionally be
>>synchronous if desired. I'd assume this is a new hotplug_ops field.
>
>
> Ick.

Is the objection to using kobject for synchronous hotplug events, or to
using a hotplug_ops flag to indicate which kind is needed? Would the
addition of a kobject_hotplug_sync function be better? Or a
handshake-like interface as with firmware downloads?

>>* Synchronous hotplug events for system suspend and resume (without
>>individual device notifications). These events can probably be
>>generated by the kobject hotplug methods by the existing power subsys
>>(once the above enhancement is in place).
>
>
> But why? Do you really need this? Have you actually tested a system to
> see if it is needed?

This is something that was requested of me by others who build Linux
into consumer electronics devices. Perhaps some of the interested
parties may speak up here to add more insight. Among the intended uses
that I'm aware of are: saving application state to stable storage (for
example, to be prepared in case the battery dies during an extended
"suspended" period, and such gadgets often do not have a device suitable
for a complete system suspend-to-disk), terminating applications that
reside in memory banks to be powered off during the suspend (this also
relies on other enhancements to allocate memory accordingly), and
dropping network connections in order to conserve resources on servers
that support mobile devices. It sounds like the folks that deal with
ACPI power management have found use for such a mechanism in the
server/desktop world as well.

Thanks,

--
Todd Poynor
MontaVista Software

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