On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 9:05 AM Dmitry Osipenko [off-list ref] wrote:

Introduce power off call chain API that is inspired by the restart API.
It allows to have multiple power off handlers invoked along the chain

allows multiple

until system is powered off. For the starter this series converts couple

the system
a couple

NVIDIA Tegra drivers to the new API. Existing pm_power_off() method
stays around and may be removed once all users will adopt the new API.

users adopt

There were couple attempts in the past to add power off API from

a couple

Guenter Roeck and Thierry Reding, but they were never completed. This
is a somewhat simplified version which doesn't try to convert whole kernel
to the new API at once, but solves immediate practical problem that we

problems

have on Nexus 7 Android tablet where device needs to chain power off

tablets where the device

methods.

Immediate question here is how do you see the plan of spreading this.
I.o.w. can you put an explanation that you have checked, let's say

80% current users, and they may be converted like [example

placeholder] without any special tricks?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko