[UPSTREAM 0/2] pcf50633 changes

Mike (mwester) mwester at dls.net
Mon Nov 17 00:49:48 CET 2008


Werner Almesberger wrote:
> Mike (mwester) wrote:
>> I'm rather concerned; it's all too easy to have this functionality get
>> lost in the shuffle if it's not implemented up front.
> 
> Hmm, in the last few hours, you, Andy, and I have mentioned it.
> Somehow that doesn't look like amnesia ;-)

I was, of course, referring implementing this functionality as opposed
to discussing it.

>> "feels wrong" -- the button push was to wake up the hardware and nothing
>> more; since the user is not intending to signal anything to user space,
> 
> The question in my mind: is this necessarily true ?
> 
> If POWER gets used for other purposes in the handling of the device
> as well, it seems plausible that it gets pressed also when the user
> is not aware that the device has just suspended, in which case the
> event should not be ignored by the kernel.


I give up.

Mike (mwester)



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