Pavel Machek wrote: >> Often, in the embedded world, the person defining the operating >> states will not be a kernel developer, and may not be comfortable >> with, or capable of, creating a kernel module. (There are > > That's okay, we can create HOWTO or something. 'System designed is too > stupid to hack kernel' should not be an argument. It's not a matter of stupidity. The example I gave of not being able to create a kernel module was the situation where loadable module support is not available. A HOWTO wouldn't alter this. > Maybe operating points need to be changed at runtime -- I do not think > so -- but *please* get the basic stuff in/merged ASAP and then add > features one-by-one. I agree. :-) -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Electronics =============================