Re: [PATCH 1/8] PM: Opportunistic suspend support.

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On Wednesday 26 May 2010, Florian Mickler wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2010 19:28:24 +0200
> Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Besides that it is not linux system at all?
> 
> I believe the kernel to be a layer between userspace and hardware. What
> business is it to the kernel if it runs whatever android
> uses as init process or /bin/bash, sys-v-init or systemd?
> 
> There is this thing called choice. 
> 
> > 
> > Yes, with custom userspace it works extremely nicely.
> > 
> > Had anyone even tried running oportunistic suspend on normal desktop?
> > 									Pavel
> 
> I don't think this is a valid concern. Just because current linux/gnu
> systems don't implement the userspace part of this interface doesn't
> mean it is useless or broken. 

Agreed.

BTW, this is a valid point.  We are used to think about Linux as the kernel
plus the GNU user space, but that's not how it has to be.

Thanks,
Rafael
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