Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8) | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Thu, 27 May 2010 19:28:08 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 18:25 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 07:20:56PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > Suppose X (or whatever windowing system) will block all clients that try > > to draw when you switch off your screen. > > > > How would we not wake them when we do turn the screen back on and start > > servicing the pending requests again? > > How (and why) does the WoL (which may be *any* packet, not just a magic > one) turn the screen back on?
Why would you care about the screen for a network event?
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