Re: A desktop environment[1] kernel wishlist

Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-10-21T18:24:34Z

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> wrote:
>> As for: 'Export of "wake reason" when the system wakes up (rtc alarm,
>> lid open, etc.) and wakealarm (/sys/class/rtc/foo/wakealarm)
>> documentation'
>>
>> Can you expand more on the rational for the need here? Is this for UI
>> for power debugging, or something else?
>
> No, it would be used for automating backups, or implementing
> suspend->hibernation transitions. For example, right before the machine
> suspends, I would schedule it to wake up in a hour. If I get woken up by
> the rtc alarm (and not by the user through a lid open), I might:
> - check that I'm plugged into the AC, it's night, and in the vicinity of
> the server that handles my backups and so backup the system.
> - check whether the battery is low, and hibernate the machine (if it
> supports it, obviously).

Isn't this already available through /sys/kernel/debug/wakeup_sources
and/or the various power/wake* files in sysfs?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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