From: Alan Stern Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:38:50 +0000 (+0200) Subject: PM: Update the policy on default wakeup settings X-Git-Tag: next-20110927~28^2^2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d12d9c09282ada5fcffd5772f40b6dab48f1e7b1;p=karo-tx-linux.git PM: Update the policy on default wakeup settings 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 Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt index 3384d5996be2..29b7a9817f5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt @@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ try to use its wakeup mechanism. device_set_wakeup_enable() affects this flag; 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, diff --git a/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c b/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c index 84f7c7d5a098..14ee07e9cc43 100644 --- a/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c +++ b/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c @@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_set_wakeup_capable); * * 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) {