From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756497Ab0AFWrz (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:47:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756480Ab0AFWry (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:47:54 -0500 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:40914 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756459Ab0AFWrx convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:47:53 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: =?utf-8?q?Bart=C5=82omiej_Zimo=C5=84?= Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [suspend/resume] Re: userspace =?utf-8?q?notification=09_from?= module Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 23:48:13 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.3 (Linux/2.6.33-rc3-rjw; KDE/4.3.3; x86_64; ; ) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, aeriksson@fastmail.fm, stefan.seyfried@googlemail.com, linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, danborkmann@googlemail.com, awalls@radix.net References: <1df13dac.5ba05e5c.4b43e1e2.120e@o2.pl> In-Reply-To: <1df13dac.5ba05e5c.4b43e1e2.120e@o2.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <201001062348.13137.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 06 January 2010, Bartłomiej Zimoń wrote: > Dnia 6 stycznia 2010 0:05 "Rafael J. Wysocki" napisał(a): > > Well, I think you have some specific issue with pm-utils, but you're not > > telling us what it is. So, why exactly is pm-utils not suitable for your > > needs? > > > > Rafael to be honest it's more dbus specific. I'm talking about > dbus as it is standard for system<->apps communication. That was my impression. :-) Well, I don't like dbus too, but ... > But please understand if we'll create kernel device with simple pm notification > It could be hooked by udev and next ... by DeviceKit-power/upower and after that > we have real standard. But to have this we must export "power" device - something > like my proof-of-concept module. This could be realy good start. ... that doesn't make me think it should be sneakily replaced with "magic" kernel modules or similar stuff. As I already said many times in this thread before, please look for a solution in the user space. Rafael