On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>
> > diff --git a/include/linux/pm.h b/include/linux/pm.h
> > index 5be87ba..a7324ea 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/pm.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/pm.h
> > @@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ struct device;
> >
> > typedef struct pm_message {
> > int event;
> > + u32 state;
> > } pm_message_t;
>
> We have had enough problems with u32s before... What about
> char *, and pass real state names?
Hear, hear! Exactly what I was going to say. Now that you want to add a
field describing an actual device state, make it meaningful.
BTW, you might want to look here:
http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/linux-pm/2005-September/001422.html
for an example of an early implementation of just this idea. (I still
have the original patch file if you'd prefer to see it in plain text,
non-html format.)
Alan Stern
