Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8) | From | Kevin Hilman <> | Date | Wed, 26 May 2010 08:19:21 -0700 |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> [1] Note I disagree with Kevin here on static/dynamic power management. > There are IMHO two types of PM but they are 'user invoked' and > 'automatic'. "Static" simply means it's not been made fast enough yet but > its just a policy divide dependant on the users 'acceptable' resume time > (which for hard RT may just as well rule out some more usual power states)
Completely agree with this.
I used the static/dynamic names out of habit, but since on most embedded devices, there is really no difference in hardware power state, I agree that the difference is only a matter of wakeup latency.
Kevin
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