Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Update the policy on default wakeup settings | Date | Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:48:29 +0200 |
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On Monday, September 26, 2011, Alan Stern wrote: > This patch (as1485) documents a change to the kernel's default wakeup > policy. Devices that forward wakeup requests between buses should be > enabled for wakeup by default. > > Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Applied to linux-pm/linux-next.
Thanks, Rafael
> --- > > Because of the unavailability of the linux-pm mailing list, I'm posting > this on LKML. > > > Documentation/power/devices.txt | 4 +++- > drivers/base/power/wakeup.c | 4 +++- > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > Index: usb-3.1/Documentation/power/devices.txt > =================================================================== > --- usb-3.1.orig/Documentation/power/devices.txt > +++ usb-3.1/Documentation/power/devices.txt > @@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ try to use its wakeup mechanism. device > for the most part drivers should not change its value. The initial value of > should_wakeup is supposed to be false for the majority of devices; the major > exceptions are power buttons, keyboards, and Ethernet adapters whose WoL > -(wake-on-LAN) feature has been set up with ethtool. > +(wake-on-LAN) feature has been set up with ethtool. It should also default > +to true for devices that don't generate wakeup requests on their own but merely > +forward wakeup requests from one bus to another (like PCI bridges). > > Whether or not a device is capable of issuing wakeup events is a hardware > matter, and the kernel is responsible for keeping track of it. By contrast, > Index: usb-3.1/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c > =================================================================== > --- usb-3.1.orig/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c > +++ usb-3.1/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c > @@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_set_wakeup_capa > * > * By default, most devices should leave wakeup disabled. The exceptions are > * devices that everyone expects to be wakeup sources: keyboards, power buttons, > - * possibly network interfaces, etc. > + * possibly network interfaces, etc. Also, devices that don't generate their > + * own wakeup requests but merely forward requests from one bus to another > + * (like PCI bridges) should have wakeup enabled by default. > */ > int device_init_wakeup(struct device *dev, bool enable) > { > > >
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