state = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
        if (state == 4) {
-               error = software_suspend();
+               error = pm_suspend(PM_SUSPEND_DISK);
                goto Done;
        }
 #endif
 
 #if 0
                        /* REVISIT:  this might need its own workqueue
                         * plus tweaks including deadlock avoidance ...
+                        * also needs to get error handling and probably
+                        * an #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
                         */
-                       software_suspend();
+                       pm_suspend(PM_SUSPEND_DISK);
 #endif
                        poll = 1;
                }
 
 #define __obsolete_setup(str)                  /* nothing */
 #endif
 
-/* Data marked not to be saved by software_suspend() */
+/* Data marked not to be saved by software suspend */
 #define __nosavedata __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.nosave")))
 
 /* This means "can be init if no module support, otherwise module load
 
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PM) && defined(CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND)
-/* kernel/power/swsusp.c */
-extern int software_suspend(void);
 /* kernel/power/snapshot.c */
 extern void __init register_nosave_region(unsigned long, unsigned long);
 extern int swsusp_page_is_forbidden(struct page *);
 extern void swsusp_unset_page_free(struct page *);
 extern unsigned long get_safe_page(gfp_t gfp_mask);
 #else
-static inline int software_suspend(void)
-{
-       printk("Warning: fake suspend called\n");
-       return -ENOSYS;
-}
-
 static inline void register_nosave_region(unsigned long b, unsigned long e) {}
 static inline int swsusp_page_is_forbidden(struct page *p) { return 0; }
 static inline void swsusp_set_page_free(struct page *p) {}
 
 static const char * const pm_states[PM_SUSPEND_MAX] = {
        [PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY]    = "standby",
        [PM_SUSPEND_MEM]        = "mem",
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
        [PM_SUSPEND_DISK]       = "disk",
-#endif
 };
 
 static inline int valid_state(suspend_state_t state)
 {
        /* Suspend-to-disk does not really need low-level support.
-        * It can work with reboot if needed. */
+        * It can work with shutdown/reboot if needed. If it isn't
+        * configured, then it cannot be supported.
+        */
        if (state == PM_SUSPEND_DISK)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
                return 1;
+#else
+               return 0;
+#endif
 
        /* all other states need lowlevel support and need to be
         * valid to the lowlevel implementation, no valid callback
        return error;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
-/*
- * This is main interface to the outside world. It needs to be
- * called from process context.
- */
-int software_suspend(void)
-{
-       return enter_state(PM_SUSPEND_DISK);
-}
-#endif
-
 
 /**
  *     pm_suspend - Externally visible function for suspending system.
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
        case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_SW_SUSPEND:
                {
-                       int ret = software_suspend();
+                       int ret = pm_suspend(PM_SUSPEND_DISK);
                        unlock_kernel();
                        return ret;
                }