On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Eric Sultan wrote:
> Randy Fishel wrote:
> > As Seb sort of implied in another case, quiesce() is also a required
> > interface, so it is expected that this project will also implement this
> > entry point, unless it provides equivilent information as would be expected
> > for non-support of DDI_SUSPEND/DDI_RESUME.
>
> Quiesce? It doesn't show up in my copy of Writing Device Drivers. A new
> interface, I presume, and not one currently offered in any of the other Sun
> SPARC graphics device drivers. I'll look into quiesce(), but I'm pretty sure
> that it wouldn't be implemented in Solaris 10 drivers, unless they're equipped
> with a #pragma weak construct to determine whether it's available. Is #pragma
> weak an acceptable way of determining things like this?
Part of the Fast Reboot project: PSARC/2008/382. This is a recent
requirement, and I don't expect it will show up in S10, and is an
addition to the dev_ops structure.
---- Randy
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> -- Eric
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