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    SubjectRe: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)
    On Thu, 27 May 2010, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

    > On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 13:04 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
    > >
    > > Does this mean you believe "echo mem >/sys/power/state" is bad and
    > > should be removed? Or "echo disk >/sys/power/state"? They pay no
    > > attention to latencies or other requirements.
    >
    > Those are a whole different beast, those are basically a quick-off
    > button like thing. Forced suspend is conceptually a very different beast
    > from power-saving a running system.

    They may be different conceptually. Nevertheless, Android uses forced
    suspend as a form of power saving. Until better mechanisms are in
    place, it makes sense.

    Alan Stern



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