linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/6] ACPI: Introduce ACPI D3

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Date:	Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:39:13 +0800
From:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	ACPI Devel Mailing List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/6] ACPI: Introduce ACPI D3_COLD state support

On 五, 2012-02-17 at 23:23 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > Okay, agreed.
> > so how about this? _PR3 equals D3_HOT support.
> 
> Yes, I can agree with that. :-)
> 
> > > > Hmm, how about set D3_COLD support if _PR3 exists, but leave a warning
> > > > message if _OFF doesn't exist, for now?
> > > 
> > > I don't think we need to set D3_COLD support at all.  In fact, it is always
> > > supported (as I said, if all power resources used by a device are off, the
> > > device is in D3_COLD pretty much by definition).
> > > 
> > Yeah, but it seems that Linux uses ACPI_D3 for both ACPICA D3_HOT and D3
> > (off). I'm generating a patch to remove ACPI_D3_COLD and introduce
> > D3_HOT support in Linux kernel.
> 
> That's a good idea in my opinion.

Great.
Patch will be sent out later.

thanks,
rui

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