On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:56:44 +0100 Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ACPI docking stations are mildly complicated creatures that require > the OS to handle part of the undocking process. We're currently doing > this entirely within the kernel, but this has the significant > downside that there's no way to handle cleanly unmounting any block > devices that are contained within the dock - they'll simply vanish. > > I've been working with David Zeuthen to flesh out proper desktop > support for this, and we're now at the point where there's not a > great deal of code to write to get this working cleanly. > Unfortunately this requires a certain level of integration between > the kernel and the desktop - something has to prompt the user about > unmounting the device and then trigger the completion of the undock. > The kernel still handles the actual ACPI execution, but policy now > lives in the desktop. > > Once this code is ready I'd like to change the kernel defaults to > allow this. The problem is that this will cause a reduction in > functionality for desktops that don't have this integration. How > should this kind of situation be handled? > how common are docking stations in practice? (as opposed to port extenders) -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
