On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > However, there are a couple of things to note: > > > > > > > > - These patches don't create a new API; they fix the semantics of an > > > > existing API by restoring them to its originally designed semantics. > > > > > > They may reintroduce "original" semantics, but they'll break > > > applications needing 2.6.15 semantic (where 2 meant D3hot). > > > > Like what? > > Like: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/364195/match=pavel+2+sys+power+state+pcmcia Thanks, but recall that that is PCMCIA. The point of the patch was to pass the value to the bus drivers, so that they could decide what were valid values. In the case of PCMCIA, they had adapted to "2", so they could still receive "2", if the user process wrote that.. Thanks, Patrick
