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authorPavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>2005-09-13 04:25:46 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-09-13 11:22:33 -0400
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[PATCH] Tell people not to use pm_register()
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ system the associated daemon will exit gracefully.
38 38
39Driver Interface -- OBSOLETE, DO NOT USE! 39Driver Interface -- OBSOLETE, DO NOT USE!
40----------------************************* 40----------------*************************
41
42Note: pm_register(), pm_access(), pm_dev_idle() and friends are
43obsolete. Please do not use them. Instead you should properly hook
44your driver into the driver model, and use its suspend()/resume()
45callbacks to do this kind of stuff.
46
41If you are writing a new driver or maintaining an old driver, it 47If you are writing a new driver or maintaining an old driver, it
42should include power management support. Without power management 48should include power management support. Without power management
43support, a single driver may prevent a system with power management 49support, a single driver may prevent a system with power management