Hi!
> > > So, the "suspend" and "resume" for the functions being called for that are
> > > wrong, but then we call them with PMSG_FREEZE. ;-) Still, we could add
> > > .freeze() and .thaw() callbacks for hibernation just fine. This wouldn't even
> > > be that difficult ...
> >
> > It would be ugly big patch I'm afraid.
>
> It'd be a lot of code churn, but well worth it. And most of the changes
> would be trivial too. You need to start looking beyond "this is ugly in
> the short term" and realise that it's much more maintainable in the long
> term if driver writers know what they're supposed to do as opposed to
> just hacking at it until it mostly works or just doing a full device
> down/up cycle including resetting full driver state.
I do not disagree with you. It will be ugly big patch, but it is
probably worth it, so the patch will be welcome.
Pavel
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