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Message-Id: <20200121134157.20396-7-sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:41:57 +0200
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Bingbu Cao <bingbu.cao@...el.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Chiranjeevi Rapolu <chiranjeevi.rapolu@...el.com>,
        Hyungwoo Yang <hyungwoo.yang@...el.com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        rajmohan.mani@...el.com, Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 6/6] Documentation: ACPI: Document probe-low-power _DSD property

Document the probe-low-power _DSD property and how it is used with I²C
drivers.

Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
---
 .../acpi/dsd/probe-low-power.rst              | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/probe-low-power.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/probe-low-power.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/probe-low-power.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e0343ffefe071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/probe-low-power.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+======================================
+Probing I²C devices in low power state
+======================================
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+In some cases it may be preferred to leave certain devices powered off for
+the entire system bootup if powering on these devices has adverse side
+effects, beyond just powering on the said device. The _DSD property
+"probe-low-power" has been defined for this purpose.
+
+How it works
+============
+
+The property "probe-low-power" boolean property may be used to tell Linux
+that the I²C framework should instruct the kernel ACPI framework to leave
+the device in the low power state. If the driver indicates its support for
+this in its struct i2c_driver.probe_low_power field and the
+"probe-low-power" property is present, the device will not be powered on
+for probe.
+
+The downside is that as the device is not powered on, even if there's a
+problem with the device, the driver likely probes just fine but the first
+user will find out the device doesn't work, instead of a failure at probe
+time. This feature should thus be used sparingly.
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst
index ad3b5afdae77e..4e4ac675c0ff8 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ACPI Support
    dsd/graph
    dsd/data-node-references
    dsd/leds
+   dsd/probe-low-power
    enumeration
    osi
    method-customizing
-- 
2.20.1