Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Jul 2007 12:17:06 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM pathway |
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On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > And guess what ? It's what we do on powerbooks, and it works fine, > > > without a freezer :-)
> If you remember, one of the things I've been advocating has always been > that we should put on hold all plug activity (unplug might be alright as > long as the user events are just delayed) when we start suspending. No > new devices, no new bindings. "hub" type devices are respondible for > bringing in the new stuff after resume.
Which is exactly my point. It _doesn't_ work fine without a freezer, because the USB stack currently relies on the freezer to prevent plug activity.
Alan Stern
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