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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
	pm list <linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Arve Hj?nnev?g <arve@android.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net>,
	mark gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>,
	"Woodruff, Richard" <r-woodruff2@ti.com>,
	Uli Luckas <u.luckas@road.de>,
	Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@nokia.com>,
	Brian Swetland <swetland@google.com>, Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFD] Automatic suspend
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:13:24 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090216231324.GA15435@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090216225831.GH1370@ucw.cz>

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:58:31PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:

> If no devices are being used, and next wakeup is far enough in the
> future, just put system to sleep. Long enough == so far away that
> suspend/wakeup is short compared to that... like 20 seconds on PC.

This is intrinsically difficult with PCs, since we have such a poorly 
defined set of wakeup events. We can't wakeup on generic network 
traffic, just WoL. Many machines won't wake up on keyboard events. 
Meanwhile, on embedded it's becoming a less interesting problem because 
idle and suspended are often now equivalent states. Concentrating on 
runtime PM of as much hardware as possible is arguably more interesting 
for the majority of use cases.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2009-02-16 23:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 195+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-15 23:10 [RFD] Automatic suspend Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16  0:44 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16  2:12   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-16  2:20     ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16  3:23       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-16  3:30         ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:05         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16  7:06       ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-16 15:40         ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 16:48           ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-16 17:31             ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 20:08               ` Kyle Moffett
2009-02-16 20:28                 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 20:39                 ` Alan Stern
2009-02-16 20:45                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 21:32                     ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-16 21:52                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 22:36                         ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-16 22:59                           ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:19                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16 23:23                               ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 10:12                                 ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-17 13:58                                 ` Mark Brown
2009-02-17 14:20                                 ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-17 14:24                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 14:56                                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-17 14:46                                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-17 14:51                                     ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 14:56                                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-17 15:32                                         ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-18  0:04                                           ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-18  0:18                                             ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-18  5:35                                               ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-18  0:52                                             ` mark gross
2009-02-18  5:11                                             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-18  5:55                                               ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-18 15:15                                         ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-18 15:20                                           ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-17 14:58                                       ` Igor Stoppa
2009-02-17 15:28                                     ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-18  0:55                                       ` mark gross
2009-02-18  2:40                                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-18 17:48                                         ` Jesse Barnes
2009-02-18 17:52                                           ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-18 18:01                                             ` Jesse Barnes
2009-02-18 22:05                                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-03-01 22:51                                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 10:00                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-18  0:45                                 ` mark gross
2009-02-20  5:35                                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 15:27                                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-20 18:22                                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-20 18:26                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-20 20:49                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 22:43                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-16 23:41                               ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:08                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-17  3:09                             ` Alan Stern
2009-02-17 23:21                               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-18  4:46                                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-18 21:17                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-18 22:35                                     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-18 22:44                                       ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 23:04                                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-18 23:31                                         ` Alan Stern
2009-02-19 12:56                                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-19 14:59                                             ` Alan Stern
2009-02-19 21:15                                               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-19 21:56                                                 ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-19 22:08                                                 ` Alan Stern
2009-02-19 22:21                                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-19 22:58                                                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-20 10:46                                                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 22:05                                                         ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-20 22:44                                                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 23:11                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 23:20                                                             ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-21  1:59                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20  2:39                                                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 10:49                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 11:26                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 15:56                                                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 16:07                                                           ` Kyle Moffett
2009-02-20 20:56                                                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 21:02                                                               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 23:03                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 23:57                                                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-21  1:08                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-21  9:47                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-21 10:32                                                                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-21 20:20                                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-23 23:13                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-23 23:53                                                                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-24  0:02                                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-27 10:12                                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 10:09                                                               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 14:22                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 14:29                                                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-27 20:54                                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 22:09                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-27 22:55                                                                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 20:40                                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 20:55                                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 22:56                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-27 23:44                                                                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-28  3:04                                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-28 10:18                                                                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-28 21:57                                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-28 22:53                                                                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-28 23:38                                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-01 23:17                                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-03-02 23:48                                                                                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-03 22:39                                                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-03-03 23:38                                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-04  0:49                                                                                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-01  0:06                                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-01  6:28                                                                                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-03-01  9:11                                                                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-03-01  9:20                                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-03-03  1:22                                                                                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-03 13:51                                                                                     ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-04  0:06                                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-04  0:47                                                                                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-01 23:08                                                                                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-03 13:57                                                                             ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-03 23:51                                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 23:12                                                           ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-20 23:40                                                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 23:45                                                               ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-21  9:52                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-21 16:52                                                               ` Alan Stern
2009-02-21 21:14                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 10:16                                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 14:46                                                                     ` Alan Stern
2009-02-27 20:58                                                                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-22 14:03                                               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-23 14:04                                                 ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-27 10:18                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 15:22                                                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-03-05 16:54                                                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 17:09                                                     ` Chris Friesen
2009-02-27 20:46                                                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-05 13:48                                           ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-01 22:56                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-02  8:24                                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-03-02 14:34                                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-02 15:13                                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:20               ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-20 18:05                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16  6:23   ` Roland Dreier
2009-02-16 15:38     ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 22:47     ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16  7:02   ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-16 21:48   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16 21:52     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-02-16 21:53     ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 22:12       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16 22:40         ` Alan Stern
2009-02-16 22:56           ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:28             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-17  2:43             ` Alan Stern
2009-02-17  2:57               ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-17  3:26                 ` Alan Stern
2009-02-16 23:02           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-17  2:56             ` Alan Stern
2009-02-17 23:26               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-18  8:53                 ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 14:51                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-18 15:05                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 15:10                       ` Alan Stern
2009-02-18 15:55                         ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 16:39                           ` Alan Stern
2009-02-18 17:10                             ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 15:09                     ` Alan Stern
2009-02-16 22:51     ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16 22:55       ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:00       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16 23:18         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16 23:29       ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-16 22:58 ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16 23:13   ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2009-02-16 23:22     ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16 23:26       ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 14:14         ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-17 14:19           ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 21:57     ` mark gross
2009-02-17 22:04       ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 22:19         ` Jesse Barnes
2009-02-17 23:28           ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-18  0:34           ` mark gross
2009-02-18 17:30       ` Chris Ball
2009-02-16 23:26   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-22 13:46     ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-18  0:27 ` mark gross
2009-02-18 21:11   ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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