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SubjectRe: [Update][RFC][PATCH] PM / Runtime: Add sysfs switch for disabling device run-time PM
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On Wednesday 20 January 2010, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
> > > Why change the name from "level" to "runtime"?
> >
> > Because it wouldn't be really obvious what "level" applied to. For example,
> > some people might expect the values of "level" to correspond to PCI power
> > states for PCI devices and so on, so it might turn out to be confusing.
>
> But is the name "runtime" any clearer? Especially to people who have
> never come across the phrase "runtime power management"?
>
> Does anybody have a suggestion for a better attribute name?

Apparently not, but I can try. ;-)

* status

* power (power/power looks weird, but the values would make sense)

* control

No more ideas for now.

Rafael


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