Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [Update][RFC][PATCH] PM / Runtime: Add sysfs switch for disabling device run-time PM | Date | Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:09:29 +0100 |
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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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