[PATCH] Tell people not to use pm_register()

Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
mna · Sep 13, 2005 · f4f9eb0 · f4f9eb0
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@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ system the associated daemon will exit gracefully.
 
 Driver Interface -- OBSOLETE, DO NOT USE!
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+
+Note: pm_register(), pm_access(), pm_dev_idle() and friends are
+obsolete. Please do not use them. Instead you should properly hook
+your driver into the driver model, and use its suspend()/resume()
+callbacks to do this kind of stuff.
+
 If you are writing a new driver or maintaining an old driver, it
 should include power management support.  Without power management
 support, a single driver may prevent a system with power management