Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/8] Suspend block api (version 8)

[Kevin Hilman]

Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> [1] Note I disagree with Kevin here on static/dynamic power management.
> There are IMHO two types of PM but they are 'user invoked' and
> 'automatic'. "Static" simply means it's not been made fast enough yet but
> its just a policy divide dependant on the users 'acceptable' resume time
> (which for hard RT may just as well rule out some more usual power states)

Completely agree with this.

I used the static/dynamic names out of habit, but since on most
embedded devices, there is really no difference in hardware power
state, I agree that the difference is only a matter of wakeup latency.

Kevin

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