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DateThu, 28 Jul 2005 09:43:44 +0200
FromPavel Machek <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/23] reboot-fixes
Hi!

> >> > Yes, I think we should do device_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE) in reboot path.
> >> 
> >> Considering how many device drivers that are likely broken, I disagree. 
> >> Especially since Andrew seems to have trivially found a machine where it 
> >> doesn't work.
> >
> > I'm not sure if we want to do that for 2.6.13, but long term, we
> > should just tell drivers to FREEZE instead of inventing reboot
> > notifier lists and similar uglynesses...
> 
> Then as part of the patch device_shutdown should disappear.  It
> is silly to have two functions that want to achieve the same
> thing.  

I always thought that device_shutdown is different phase -- the one
with interrupts disabled...
								Pavel
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