Re: [Gumstix-users] Wifi sleep / low power

[Steve S. <sa...@gm...>]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Leif Zars II <le...@le...> wrote:
> You might be on to something, I bet it is something missing in the power
> management support in the kernel and not to the drivers.
> .....sigh
>
> So I went to this place:
> http://elinux.org/OMAP_Power_Management#Work-in-Progress_.28WIP.29
>
> Then to: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/khilman/linux-omap-pm.git
> And it looks like the last change was in 2009??????  Is the PM branch dead??

Huh??

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/pm

The pm branch is still active, but it is really not for general use!

I feel the need to repeat a comment I made on the list a while back:

> If it works for you, that it great!  But please bear in mind this
> quote from Kevin Hilman (maintainer of the PM branch) on the
> linux-omap list yesterday:

> "What do you need from the PM branch that is not in l-o master?

>The PM branch is *experimental*, and is under significant change while
> parts that are not yet ready for mainline are being reworked and in some
> cases completely re-written.

> IOW, the PM branch is unstable and should not be trusted.  (I can say
> that, I am the maintainer.)  ;) "