Bug#594099: ITP: pm-utils-light -- pm-utils replacement for embedded hardware
Le lundi 23 août 2010 à 18:12 +0100, Enrico Zini a écrit :
> Description : pm-utils replacement for embedded hardware
>
> Pros:
> * It tries its best to run hooks in exactly the same way as pm-utils.
> * It's faster
> * It can load hooks from a .so file, which is much faster, avoids
> context switches and allows to keep state conveniently in memory.
> * .so files will be loaded also if they are not executable. Install a
> non-executable .so file to have it loaded by pm-utils light but ignored by
> pm-utils.
> * It allows to cancel a resume, for example in order to go back to sleep in
> case of a resume for usb disconnect.
> .
> Cons:
> * No support for quirks
> * It does not ship the functions and pm-functions shell libraries, so plugins
> cannot make use of them
It looks like an interesting piece software, but having to choose
between one implementation that is slow and one that doesn’t support
quirks looks like a lose-lose situation to me.
Are there any efforts underway to merge the two projects, or at least
their functionality?
Cheers,
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