[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] Driver Architecture Changes
xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 11/18/2005 03:10:55 AM: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 09:37:37PM +0000, Ewan Mellor wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 02:51:38PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote: > > > > > Another question: I see that the .suspend function is not used in the > > > frontends anymore, but the structure still has that member. Is the suspend > > > member about to be removed? > > > > The block and net drivers don't need this at the moment, but it seems like > > some driver may need it some time, so no, we won't be removing it.It does no > > harm to support it, and it may be useful to someone. > > Is there any driver in the tree that needs it? if not, the Linux way > would be to remove it until such a driver makes it into the tree and > then add it. It's a very effective policy for keeping bloat at bay. The TPM driver does need it. I was wondering about the future of the method since the network and block device drivers had used it before. Cheers, Stefan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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