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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:37:35 +0800 From: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com> To: Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@....com> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, lenb <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ACPI: D3 states cleanup On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 13:23 +0800, Aaron Lu wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:19:13AM +0800, Lin Ming wrote: > > On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 10:23 +0800, Aaron Lu wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 09:19:09AM +0800, Lin Ming wrote: > > > > There are two ACPI D3 states defined now: > > > > ACPI_STATE_D3 and ACPI_STATE_D3_COLD. > > > > > > > > But the uses of these states are not clear/correct in some code. > > > > For example, some code refer ACPI_STATE_D3 as D3hot and others refer > > > > it as D3cold. > > > > > > > > This patch introduces ACPI_STATE_D3_HOT to refer to ACPI D3hot state. > > > > And changes ACPI_STATE_D3 to refer to ACPI D3cold state only. > > > > Also redefines ACPI_STATE_D3_COLD the same as ACPI_STATE_D3. > > > > > > > > > > With this patch now, if a device has _PS3, then we will set its D3hot > > > flag valid. This doesn't feel right to me, since per our discussion the > > > other day, we should assume _PS3 will put the device into D3cold. > > > > > > Or do you mean: if _PS3 is available, then both D3hot and D3cold is > > > valid from the perspective of acpi, it is the individual driver's > > > responsibility to decide which state is actually valid and will be used. > > > > Right. > > > > ACPI_STATE_D3(same as ACPI_STATE_D3_COLD now) is always valid. > > > > I mean, if _PS3 is available, can we say D3hot is valid? Yes. Lin Ming -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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