Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:14:26 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pccard pccard.c src/sys/isa sio.c src/sys/dev/ed if_ed_pccard.c src/sys/dev/ep if_ep_pccard.c Message-ID: <199912021614.JAA05474@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199912020522.WAA06774@harmony.village.org> References: <199912020057.RAA05497@harmony.village.org> <199912020044.QAA03272@mass.cdrom.com> <199912020522.WAA06774@harmony.village.org>
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> In message <199912020057.RAA05497@harmony.village.org> Warner Losh writes: > : Agreed. However, the only way that it can do this currently is to > : block in detach until all references to softc have gone out of scope. > > One thing to keep in mind is that if detach doesn't return for a > while, it may cause weird things to happen on a battery level or other > urgent induced suspend. The way the current old pccard code does a > suspend is to detach the device. The BIOS will force the shutdown if > the machine doesn't respond within 30 seconds to the suspend request > by suspending the machine. Sort of. If I remember correctly, you can respond with 'give me another moment' so you can hold off the suspend for a bit, as long as you *respond* to the supend request. (However, 30 seconds is a *VERY* long time). Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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