Re: [PATCH] implement pm_ops.valid for everybody

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, David Brownell wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 22 March 2007 3:10 pm, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > 
> > > Well, I think the only clear distinction between the STR and "standby" is the
> > > necessity to go through a boot-like procedure in order to resume from the
> > > former.
> > 
> > So what's a "boot-like procedure"?   Ten instructions?  A hundred?
> > A thousand?  Ten thousand?  Does it take a certain amount of time?
> > Does it perform certain operations?  Does it involve going through
> > ACPI (or APM)?  If so, what about the fact that ACPI (or APM) are
> > involved in "standby" resumes too (on platforms using them)?
> 
> Ok, on ARM / (at least embedded) ppc I would say - going through reset 
> vector / toggling reset pin. Do these terms still make sense on 
> hyper-threaded-cored-celled CPUs?

Maybe "taking a reset exception" is a slightly better wording for this.

Thanks
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Guennadi Liakhovetski
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