On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 01:44:02PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Freitag 03 August 2007 schrieb Matthew Garrett: > > It's certainly possible to do that, but it's also possible to have a > > userspace solution that whitelists devices. The question is whether the > > default kernel behaviour should be "Save power, but potentially break > > some of my devices" or "Don't break my devices, but use some more > > powre". > > If both options have drawbacks, IMHO we follow the standard, which > says that devices must support suspension.
Except that lots of hardware doesn't follow the standard in this respect, otherwise we wouldn't be having this discussion. Personally, I think "Will break an unknown number of devices" is a significantly larger drawback than "Will consume a small quantity of additional power". -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/