Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 May 2010 13:37:21 +0200 | From | Florian Mickler <> | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8) |
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On Wed, 26 May 2010 13:18:51 +0200 Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> wrote: > > >> So why again was this such a great scheme? Go fix your userspace to not > >> not run when not needed. > > > > Hi Peter! > > > > This was already mentioned in one of these threads. > > > > The summary is: The device this kernel is running on dosn't want to > > (or can) rely on userspace to save power. This is because it is an open > > system, without an app-store or the like. Everyone can run what he > > wants. > > I don't see this as a valid point. Everyone can run a different kernel > where nothing will just work. Are you aiming protection against that > as well? > > ~Vitaly
This is not "protection". This is functioning properly in a real world scenario. Why would the user change the kernel, if the device would be buggy after that? (Except maybe he is a geek)
Cheers, Flo
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