Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

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2010/5/27 Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Really, what are you getting at? Do you deny that there are programs,
>>> that prevent a device from sleeping? (Just think of the bouncing
>>> cows app)
>>>
>>> And if you have two kernels, one with which your device is dead after 1
>>> hour and one with which your device is dead after 10 hours. Which would
>>> you prefer? I mean really... this is ridiculous.
>>
>> The problem you have is that this is policy. If I have the device wired
>> to a big screen and I want cows bouncing on it I'll be most upset if
>> instead it suspends.
>
> We never suspend when the screen is on. If the screen is off, I would
> not be upset if it suspends.

That's /wrong/. What if you have an active download ongoing when the
screen is off? This ugly simplistic approach is one of the worst
things in Android.

~Vitaly
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