Hi!
> > [I removed Patrick Mochel from the CC: list since he doesn't seem to be
> > interested in this thread.]
> >
> > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, David Brownell wrote:
> >
> > > > This should be subsumed under a policy setting such as PM_SNAPSHOT.
> > >
> > > Snapshotting is not a policy, it's an action involved in one kind of
> > > system PM state change (not all of them).
> >
> > You're right, of course. I've been calling these things policy settings
> > (not policies) but it would be good to have a more suitable term. "System
> > power state" maybe -- although one of them is SELECTIVE_SUSPEND, which is
> > hardly system-wide. It's also not clear to what extent these things refer
> > to states or actions. Really they are both: requests to take action by
> > preparing to change to a new state.
>
> But snapshotting is a real system state. It has precisely defined
> requirements.
> -no DMA
> -state in ram, not in device
> You cannot translate it into a power stae, unfortunately.
Seems you got it... can I have that documentation patch? :-)))).
Pavel
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