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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki\"" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PM / sleep: add configurable delay for pm_test
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 09:14:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140904071412.GA29832@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1409788535-28264-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com>

Hi!

> When CONFIG_PM_DEBUG=y, we provide a sysfs file (/sys/power/pm_test) for
> selecting one of a few suspend test modes, where rather than entering a
> full suspend state, the kernel will perform some subset of suspend
> steps, wait 5 seconds, and then resume back to normal operation.
> 
> This mode is useful for (among other things) observing the state of the
> system just before entering a sleep mode, for debugging or analysis
> purposes. However, a constant 5 second wait is not sufficient for some
> sorts of analysis; for example, on an SoC, one might want to use
> external tools to probe the power states of various on-chip controllers
> or clocks.

When you are doing this kind of analysis, perhaps directly modifying
kernel source is the way to go ...?

								Pavel
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  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-04  7:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-03 23:55 [PATCH] PM / sleep: add configurable delay for pm_test Brian Norris
2014-09-04  7:14 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2014-09-04 17:54   ` Brian Norris
2014-09-05  2:11     ` Chirantan Ekbote
2014-12-13  2:55 ` Brian Norris
2014-12-13  8:31   ` Pavel Machek
2014-12-16 23:58     ` Brian Norris
2014-12-17  8:09       ` Pavel Machek
2014-12-17  9:10         ` Brian Norris
2014-12-17  9:22           ` Pavel Machek
2015-02-21 20:25             ` Florian Fainelli
2015-02-21 20:32               ` Pavel Machek
2015-02-21 22:56                 ` Florian Fainelli
2015-02-21 23:24                   ` Pavel Machek
2015-02-22  8:23                     ` Brian Norris
2015-02-22  8:26 ` [PATCH v2] " Brian Norris
2015-02-22 12:27   ` Pavel Machek
2015-02-22 15:17     ` Kevin Cernekee
2015-02-22 19:25   ` Florian Fainelli
2015-02-23  5:16   ` [PATCH v3] " Brian Norris

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