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authorPavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>2005-09-13 01:25:46 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-09-13 08:22:33 -0700
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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.
Driver Interface -- OBSOLETE, DO NOT USE!
----------------*************************
+
+Note: pm_register(), pm_access(), pm_dev_idle() and friends are
+obsolete. Please do not use them. Instead you should properly hook
+your driver into the driver model, and use its suspend()/resume()
+callbacks to do this kind of stuff.
+
If you are writing a new driver or maintaining an old driver, it
should include power management support. Without power management
support, a single driver may prevent a system with power management