Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:23:18 +0000 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] driver-core: platform: automatically mark wakeup devices | From | Sudeep Holla <> |
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On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote: > On Sunday, January 17, 2016 06:11:38 PM Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >> When probing platform drivers let's check if corresponding devices have >> "wakeup-source" property defined (either in device tree, ACPI, or static >> platform properties) and automatically enable such devices as wakeup >> sources for the system. This will help us standardize on the name for this >> property and reduce amount of boilerplate code in the drivers. > > ACPI has other ways of telling the OS that the device is wakeup-capable, > but I guess the property in question can be used too (as long as it is > consistent with the other methods). >
Just curious to know what you mean when you say this property can also be used with ACPI. Do you mean we could use "wakeup-source" DSD ?
If so, won't that go against rule for DSD (i.e we *should not* bypass the existing mechanisms defined by the ACPI, e.g. _SxW in this case)
-- Regards, Sudeep
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