[linux-pm] [patch/rft 2.6.17-rc2] swsusp resume must not device_suspend()

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On Wednesday 26 April 2006 23:31, David Brownell wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 April 2006 4:26 am, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Wednesday 26 April 2006 00:56, David Brownell wrote:
> 
> > > But it's not the root cause of the problem either.  The same problem appears if
> > > the device holding the resume partition gets forced into this "broken suspend"
> > > state.
> > 
> > Well, IMO the state may or may not be broken depending on the device,
> > so we should not assume it will always be broken.
> 
> Not so.  See my previous emails.  The "broken suspend" state is broken
> by definition.  Maybe you're referring to a different issue ... whether
> or not its driver would notice that bug.

It is a bug from your point of view, and I was referring to the fact that it
apparently doesn't matter for many drivers.

> > > Now, if you have specific examples of things that shouldn't be reset, that
> > > could be interesting.
> > 
> > The resume device and friends (ie. controller, bus, etc.).
> 
> Bad answer.  If its driver would notice, then it must be reset.
> And if the driver wouldn't notice, resetting won't matter.
> 
> There's still no example of a device that should not be reset
> (a second time).

OK, so I have no any.  Which doesn't seem to matter as far as your patch is
concerned, as Pavel doesn't like it anyway. ;-)

Greetings,
Rafael

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