Re: [2.5.50, ACPI] link error

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Thu, 5 Dec 2002 23:40:19 +0100


Hi!

> >>>Yes, there are about 10 patches to fix it floating around... I just
> >>>hope linus takes one of them. (Fix is make ACPI_SLEEP depend on
> >>>swsusp).
> >>
> >>
> >>I haven't seen the patch, but does it make sense for hardware suspend to
> >>depend on software suspend?
> >>
> >>IMO there should be a common core (CONFIG_SUSPEND?), not force ACPI to
> >>depend on swsusp. That way you get the _least_ common denominator, not
> >>the union of two sets.
> >
> >
> >Feel free to fix that, but as swsusp is needed for S4, anyway, I do not
> >see big need to do that.
>
>
> Why should I fix your fix?
>
> Doesn't that imply your fix is broken to begin with?

ACPI/S4 support needs swsusp. ACPI/S3 needs big part of
swsusp. Splitting CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP to S3 and S4 part seems like
overdesign to me, OTOH if you do the work it is okay with me.

Pavel

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