Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:28:51 +0000 | From | Alan <> | Subject | Re: NAK new drivers without proper power management? |
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> +PM support: Since Linux is used on many portable and desktop systems, your > + driver is likely to be used on such a system and therefore it > + should support basic power management by implementing, if > + necessary, the .suspend and .resume methods used during the > + system-wide suspend and resume transitions. You should verify > + that your driver correctly handles the suspend and resume, but > + if you are unable to ensure that, please at least define the > + .suspend method returning the -ENOSYS ("Function not > + implemented") error. Note, however, that in such a case your > + submission is likely to be suspended and only resumed when the > + driver correctly handles this feature.
I'd lose the last bit. Just end it at "error.", there are going to be people who produce good reasons not to handle suspend/resume. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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