Re: [PATCH 9/10] sh: Use struct syscore_ops instead of sysdev class and sysdev

[Paul Mundt]

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 02:03:49PM +0100, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Convert the SuperH clocks framework and shared interrupt handling
> code to using struct syscore_ops instead of a sysdev classes and
> sysdevs for power managment.
> 
> This reduces the code size significantly and simplifies it.  The
> optimizations causing things not to be restored after creating a
> hibernation image are removed, but they might lead to undesirable
> effects during resume from hibernation (e.g. the clocks would be left
> as the boot kernel set them, which might be not the same way as the
> hibernated kernel had seen them before the hibernation).
> 
> This also is necessary for removing sysdevs from the kernel entirely
> in the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>

This misses the use of the sysdev class by the userimask code, though I'm
open to suggestions for alternatives.
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