Re: [RFC] New system device API

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

Hi!

> For things like CPUs, generic code will register the class, but other 
> architecture-specific or otherwise configurable drivers may register 
> auxillary drivers, that look like: 
> 
> struct sysdev_driver {
>         struct list_head        entry;
>         int     (*add)(struct sys_device *);
>         int     (*remove)(struct sys_device *);
>         int     (*shutdown)(struct sys_device *);
>         int     (*suspend)(struct sys_device *, u32 state);
>         int     (*resume)(struct sys_device *);
> };

System devices may be special, but they should not be so special not
to require u32 level.  All current system devices need to be
suspended last, but that's pure coincidence, I believe.

As mikpe noted, hierarchy is still needed between "system" devices:
nmi watchdog depends on lapic...
							Pavel
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