linux-kernel - Re: Hibernation considerations

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:40:21 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms@....edu>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
Subject: Re: Hibernation considerations

On Tuesday, 17 July 2007 23:06, david@...g.hm wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote:
> 
> > david@...g.hm writes:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >>>> * figure out which devices can wake up
> >>>> * put devices into low power states (wake-up devices are placed in the Dx
> >>>> states compatible with the wake capability, the others are powered off)
> >
> >> this can't be done by the image-saving kernel if that kernel doesn't know about
> >> the device.
> >
> > The image-saving kernel can be made to know about all of the "wake up"
> > devices; all other devices should have already been powered off by the
> > "hibernated" kernel.
> 
> not nessasarily.

More than that.  The hibernated kernel should not power off any devices,
because that is _wasteful_ (unless, of course, the powering off a device is the
only way to quiesce it).

Greetings,
Rafael


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