Re: [PATCH] devexit fixes in i82092.c

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> I wonder if mochel already code for this, or has thought about this... 
>  Just like suspend, IMO we ideally should use the device tree to 
> shutdown the system, agreed?

Ideally we should, yes. Although if we really turn off power, it doesn't 
much matter.

> Further, I wonder if the reboot/shutdown notifiers can be replaced with 
> device tree control over those events...

This is what I want. Those reboot/shutdown notifiers are completely and 
utterly buggy, and cannot sanely handle any kind of device hierarchy.

		Linus