On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 01:07:49AM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote: > > First of all, why disable the device on module unload? > If it was enabled initially, before any module has been > loaded, why it needs to be disabled, why not leave it > enabled and all, just like it has been before? The original idea here was to free up resources for allocation to other devices. The ACPI spec claims we should call _DIS when powering down the device to _D3. So, I'm considering not disabling the device when the driver is unbound, especially with PNPACPI. I need to think about it more. Thanks, Adam - 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/
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