Pavel Machek wrote:

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Often, in the embedded world, the person defining the operating
states will not be a kernel developer, and may not be comfortable
with, or capable of, creating a kernel module.  (There are

That's okay, we can create HOWTO or something. 'System designed is too
stupid to hack kernel' should not be an argument.

It's not a matter of stupidity.  The example I gave of not being
able to create a kernel module was the situation where loadable
module support is not available.  A HOWTO wouldn't alter this.

Maybe operating points need to be changed at runtime -- I do not think
so -- but *please* get the basic stuff in/merged ASAP and then add
features one-by-one.

I agree. :-)
 -- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Electronics
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