On 8/23/06, Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz> wrote: > > > > > >This seems to be too specific to embedded machine. > > > > > >If userspace wants to work with usb and play mp3s at the same time, > > >what does it do? > > > > I guess it just defines an appropriate policy. You can call it > > 'usb_mp3' if you wish ;) > > I don't think it's too embedded-specific. > > Well, it leads to exponential number of policies -- not nice. Having > usb_mp3_fileserver_webserver is not nice. No. The reason is there's no _real_ difference in 'fileserver' and 'webserver' from the PM POV, so this will never happen. There's no reason to introduce different policies for different use cases which however imply similar peripherals utilization. Moreover, I never play MP3s on a fileserver/webserver. The example you've given is pretty much artificial. Vitaly
