Re: [linux-pm][PATCH] base: Change power/wakeup output from "" to"unsupported" if wakeup feature isn't supported by a device

From: Yi Yang
Date: Sun Jan 06 2008 - 21:01:28 EST


On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 17:52 +0100, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 11:38:29AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > How about changing it to say "unavailable"? That doesn't imply
> > permanence.
>
> How about not changing a userland-visible interface gratuitously?
"empty" can't tell a user the state of wakeup of a device, so it is
necessary to change it.
>
> OG.
>

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