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| author | Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> | 2005-09-13 01:25:46 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-09-13 08:22:33 -0700 |
| commit | f4f9eb0ea14c8c478f0e8137b84a366499335aab (patch) | |
| tree | c23bf19babd35fed7685aa2a3b8627a07d4193b9 /Documentation/pm.txt | |
| parent | 1cc5753f86589c5fb7e2f4a1fe778db3881f8f72 (diff) | |
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[PATCH] Tell people not to use pm_register()
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/pm.txt b/Documentation/pm.txt index cc63ae18d147..2ea1149bf6b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/pm.txt @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ system the associated daemon will exit gracefully. Driver Interface -- OBSOLETE, DO NOT USE! ----------------************************* + +Note: pm_register(), pm_access(), pm_dev_idle() and friends are +obsolete. Please do not use them. Instead you should properly hook +your driver into the driver model, and use its suspend()/resume() +callbacks to do this kind of stuff. + If you are writing a new driver or maintaining an old driver, it should include power management support. Without power management support, a single driver may prevent a system with power management |