[linux-pm] [PATCH 10/13] PM: earlysuspend: Add console switch when user requested sleep state changes.

[Pavel Machek]

On Sun 2009-02-08 14:53:33, Arve Hj?nnev?g wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz> wrote:
> > On Thu 2009-02-05 18:29:30, Arve Hj?nnev?g wrote:
> >> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz> wrote:
> >> > changelog would be welcome.
> >>     PM: earlysuspend: Add console switch when user requested sleep
> >> state changes.
> >>
> >>     When early-suspend is enabled, the framebuffer is turned off at
> >>     early-suspend. If CONSOLE_EARLYSUSPEND is enabled, a console switch
> >>     is used to notify user space that it should stop drawing before
> >>     the framebuffer is disabled, and that it should repaint and resume
> >>     drawing after the framebuffer is turned back on.
> >
> > I'd say that userspace can just do the switch itself?
> 
> The purpose of the console switch is to take the framebuffer away from
> user-space. Are you suggesting that we instead should initiate sleep
> when user-space switches to the sleep console?

That looks like a solution, yes.
								Pavel
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