Hi! > > > > No. Two transitions were okay up-to now, and I see no reason why to introduce 3rd. > > > > And btw, during suspend-to-disk it is "freeze, unfreeze, suspend". > > > > > > > > > - Stop > > > > > - Start > > > > > > > > Would be confusing to network drivers (they use stop/start already for something else). > > > > And besides it is very bad idea to try to change naming once again. > > > > > > I wasn't proposing a hard name change; only trying to get the terminology > > > straight and consistent from a conceptual level. unfreeze isn't even a > > > real word. :) > > > > Well, freeze/unfreeze worked well on IRC, and its also used in that > > "pm summary"... Maybe it is not an english work, but people seem to > > understand it. > > 'thaw' is the english opposite of 'freeze'. Note, though, that that > terminology is currently used for processes during suspend. During IRC talk we were talking about device_suspend(FREEZE) call. From that point on "freezing drivers" means same thing as your "stop", and people seem to understand it. Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl!
