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From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: pm list <linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux PCI <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>,
	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/10] PM: Add flag for devices capable of generating run-time wake-up events
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:52:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200911162152.38333.rjw@sisk.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0911161436560.2971-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>

On Monday 16 November 2009, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
> > 
> > Apparently, there are devices that can wake up the system from sleep
> > states and yet are incapable of generating wake-up events at run
> > time.  Thus, introduce a flag indicating if given device is capable
> > of generating run-time wake-up events.
> 
> This raises the question: Who is responsible for setting the new 
> flag?  The code that registers the device?

Yes, in general.  The platform.

Actually, I needed it for PCI, but I thought it would be better to put it at
the core level.

> What if the kernel can't tell whether or not the device can generate 
> runtime wake-up events?

Do you have any specific examples in mind?

> What if the user wants to override the kernel's setting?  Should there 
> be a sysfs attribute controlling the flag?

I have no plans for adding anything like that.

Rafael

  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-16 20:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-15 23:47 [RFC][PATCH 0/10] PCI run-time PM support Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-15 23:49 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/10] PM: Add flag for devices capable of generating run-time wake-up events Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-16 19:39   ` Alan Stern
2009-11-16 20:52     ` Rafael J. Wysocki [this message]
2009-11-16 21:00       ` Alan Stern
2009-11-16 21:05         ` Matthew Garrett
2009-11-16 21:31           ` Alan Stern
2009-11-16 21:23         ` Oliver Neukum
2009-11-15 23:50 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/10] PCI PM: Add function for checking PME status of devices Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-15 23:51 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/10] PCI / PM: Propagate wake-up enable for PCIe devices too Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-15 23:52 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/10] PCI PM: PCIe PME root port service driver (rev. 4) Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-15 23:53 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/10] ACPI: Add infrastructure for refcounting GPE consumers Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-15 23:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/10] ACPI: Add support for new refcounted GPE API to drivers Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-15 23:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 7/10] ACPI: Remove old GPE API and transition code entirely to new one Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-15 23:55 ` [RFC][PATCH 8/10] ACPI / PM: Add more run-time wake-up fields Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-15 23:57 ` [RFC][PATCH 9/10] PCI / ACPI PM: Platform support for PCI PME wake-up (rev. 3) Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-16  4:36   ` Jin Dongming
2009-11-16 19:04     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-15 23:58 ` [RFC][PATCH 10/10] PCI PM: Run-time callbacks for PCI bus type Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:32 ` [RFC][PATCH 0/12] PCI run-time PM support (updated) Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:34   ` [RFC][PATCH 1/12] PM: Add flag for devices capable of generating run-time wake-up events Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:34   ` [RFC][PATCH 2/12] PCI PM: Add function for checking PME status of devices Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:35   ` [RFC][PATCH 3/12] PCI / PM: Propagate wake-up enable for PCIe devices too Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-12-16 19:19     ` Jesse Barnes
2009-12-16 19:28       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:36   ` [RFC][PATCH 4/12] PCI PM: PCIe PME root port service driver (rev. 5) Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-12-05  0:38     ` [RFC][PATCH 4/12] PCI PM: PCIe PME root port service driver (rev. 5) (updated) Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:37   ` [RFC][PATCH 5/12] PCI PM: Make it possible to force using INTx for PCIe PME signaling Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-12-04 21:17     ` [RFC][PATCH 5/12] PCI PM: Make it possible to force using INTx for PCIe PME signaling (updated) Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:39   ` [RFC][PATCH 6/12] ACPI: Add infrastructure for refcounting GPE consumers Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:39   ` [RFC][PATCH 7/12] ACPI: Add support for new refcounted GPE API to drivers Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:40   ` [RFC][PATCH 8/12] ACPI: Remove old GPE API and transition code entirely to new one Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:41   ` [RFC][PATCH 9/12] ACPI / PM: Add more run-time wake-up fields Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:42   ` [RFC][PATCH 10/12] PCI / ACPI PM: Platform support for PCI PME wake-up (rev. 4) Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-12-04 16:21     ` Matthew Garrett
2009-12-04 21:15       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-12-05  0:35         ` [RFC][PATCH 10/12] PCI / ACPI PM: Platform support for PCI PME wake-up (rev. 5) Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:43   ` [RFC][PATCH 11/12] PCI PM: Run-time callbacks for PCI bus type (rev. 2) Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-12-01 22:00     ` Matthew Garrett
2009-12-01 22:50       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-29 15:44   ` [RFC][PATCH 12/12] PM / r8169: Add simplified run-time PM support Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-12-15 11:49     ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-27 19:48       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-12-27 20:01         ` Pavel Machek
2010-01-02 20:49           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-01-03 19:55             ` Pavel Machek
2010-01-03 21:01               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-01-04  8:31                 ` Pavel Machek
2010-01-04  9:53                   ` Oliver Neukum
2010-01-04 19:51                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-01-04 21:00                     ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-04 23:21   ` [RFC][PATCH 0/12] PCI run-time PM support (updated) Jesse Barnes

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