Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:31:12 -0800 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] PM updates for 2.6.33 |
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On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:15:49 -0800 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> And the bad thing is that violates multiple layers in the kernel. > Atkbd driver does not have to be using i8042; neither does psmouse. > Althtough they do in 99% of the cases there are other controllers > providing the i8042-style ports. Just grep for SERIO_8042 in > drivers/input/serio. > > I do not want to hard-code the i8042-psmouse-atkbd dependency.
it's not a specific dependency.
it's a "I know I'm critical, so everything before me needs to be done".
that doesn't encode an actual relationship, it encodes a potential relationship... with a worst case behavior of ... what we do right now ;_)
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