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[Holger Macht]

On Mon 12. Mar - 16:31:23, David Zeuthen wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 21:22 +0100, Holger Macht wrote:
> > > This is really just a third sleep mechanism so what I think we need is
> > > 
> > >  - a new method on HAL called SuspendHybrid() - this is on the same
> > >    interface as Suspend() and Hibernate()
> > > 
> > >  - a new property on HAL called
> > > 
> > >      power_management.can_suspend_hybrid
> > > 
> > >    to go with .can_suspend and .can_hibernate
> > 
> > That's what I was proposing. So you agree that pm-utils will install
> > fdi(s) which tell HAL what it supports and which adds the corresponding
> > HAL methods?
> 
> I think it's easier if we just patch HAL to call pm-utils to get these,
> via a utility provided by pm-utils e.g. the mythical pm-is-supported
> utility I talked about. I don't want pm-utils to rely on HAL, nor do I
> want it to install plug-in / fdi files in HAL. 
> 
> This is similar that HAL's Suspend() method calls pm-suspend directly
> too. Does this work for you?

Of course it works. I just thought the fdi-thing is cleaner and
simpler. If pm-utils is installed, HAL has the functionality, if it gets
removed, the functionality gets removed from HAL, too. I'm ok with the
other solution.

Regards,
	Holger