Re: questions about runtime pm

[Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@atmel.com>]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 02:24:53PM +0100, Ludovic Desroches wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I have recently added PM support for my driver but I don't have the
> behavior I was expecting. I am wondering if I didn't do something wrong.
> 
> I have implemented runtime_suspend in a very simple way, I call
> sdhci_runtime_suspend_host() and I disable the clocks. It works pretty
> well with the eMMC which is non removable but with a SD card... If I
> have my SD card present on boot time, it is detected but
> insertion/removal is not detected.
> 
> Having a look to sdhci_runtime_suspend_host() internal, all the
> interruptions are disabled expecting the card interrupt if it has been
> set earlier.
> 
> From my understanding, it means that if there is no activity on sdhci,
> we will go to suspend and then we could wake up only on a software event
> (or a sdio interrupt). How to manage card insertion/removal in this
> case? My problem is so huge, I have probably missed something...
> 
> Moreover, to avoid system PM, I have used pm_runtime_force_suspend but I
> could not wake up on card insertion/removal too. Do I have to use system
> PM if I want to manage this case?
> 
> Thanks for your advices.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ludovic


Any feedback?


Ludovic