USB: power management documentation update
This patch (as1313) updates the documentation concerning USB power management. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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@ -21,25 +21,27 @@ Contact: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
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Description:
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Each USB device directory will contain a file named
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power/level. This file holds a power-level setting for
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the device, one of "on", "auto", or "suspend".
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the device, either "on" or "auto".
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"on" means that the device is not allowed to autosuspend,
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although normal suspends for system sleep will still
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be honored. "auto" means the device will autosuspend
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and autoresume in the usual manner, according to the
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capabilities of its driver. "suspend" means the device
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is forced into a suspended state and it will not autoresume
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in response to I/O requests. However remote-wakeup requests
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from the device may still be enabled (the remote-wakeup
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setting is controlled separately by the power/wakeup
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attribute).
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capabilities of its driver.
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During normal use, devices should be left in the "auto"
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level. The other levels are meant for administrative uses.
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level. The "on" level is meant for administrative uses.
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If you want to suspend a device immediately but leave it
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free to wake up in response to I/O requests, you should
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write "0" to power/autosuspend.
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Device not capable of proper suspend and resume should be
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left in the "on" level. Although the USB spec requires
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devices to support suspend/resume, many of them do not.
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In fact so many don't that by default, the USB core
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initializes all non-hub devices in the "on" level. Some
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drivers may change this setting when they are bound.
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What: /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/persist
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Date: May 2007
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KernelVersion: 2.6.23
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@ -71,12 +71,10 @@ being accessed through sysfs, then it definitely is idle.
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Forms of dynamic PM
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Dynamic suspends can occur in two ways: manual and automatic.
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"Manual" means that the user has told the kernel to suspend a device,
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whereas "automatic" means that the kernel has decided all by itself to
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suspend a device. Automatic suspend is called "autosuspend" for
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short. In general, a device won't be autosuspended unless it has been
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idle for some minimum period of time, the so-called idle-delay time.
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Dynamic suspends occur when the kernel decides to suspend an idle
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device. This is called "autosuspend" for short. In general, a device
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won't be autosuspended unless it has been idle for some minimum period
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of time, the so-called idle-delay time.
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Of course, nothing the kernel does on its own initiative should
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prevent the computer or its devices from working properly. If a
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We can categorize power management events in two broad classes:
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external and internal. External events are those triggered by some
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agent outside the USB stack: system suspend/resume (triggered by
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userspace), manual dynamic suspend/resume (also triggered by
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userspace), and remote wakeup (triggered by the device). Internal
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events are those triggered within the USB stack: autosuspend and
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autoresume.
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userspace), manual dynamic resume (also triggered by userspace), and
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remote wakeup (triggered by the device). Internal events are those
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triggered within the USB stack: autosuspend and autoresume. Note that
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all dynamic suspend events are internal; external agents are not
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allowed to issue dynamic suspends.
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The user interface for dynamic PM
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@ -145,9 +144,9 @@ relevant attribute files are: wakeup, level, and autosuspend.
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number of seconds the device should remain idle before
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the kernel will autosuspend it (the idle-delay time).
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The default is 2. 0 means to autosuspend as soon as
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the device becomes idle, and -1 means never to
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autosuspend. You can write a number to the file to
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change the autosuspend idle-delay time.
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the device becomes idle, and negative values mean
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never to autosuspend. You can write a number to the
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file to change the autosuspend idle-delay time.
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Writing "-1" to power/autosuspend and writing "on" to power/level do
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essentially the same thing -- they both prevent the device from being
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routine is automatically set up to carry out the operation when the
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autosuspend idle-delay has expired.
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Autoresume attempts also can fail. This will happen if power/level is
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set to "suspend" or if the device doesn't manage to resume properly.
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Unlike autosuspend, there's no delay for an autoresume.
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Autoresume attempts also can fail, although failure would mean that
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the device is no longer present or operating properly. Unlike
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autosuspend, there's no delay for an autoresume.
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Other parts of the driver interface
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resume as soon as the system suspend is complete. Or the remote
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wakeup may fail and get lost. Which outcome occurs depends on timing
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and on the hardware and firmware design.
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More interestingly, a device might undergo a manual resume or
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autoresume during system suspend. With current kernels this shouldn't
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happen, because manual resumes must be initiated by userspace and
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autoresumes happen in response to I/O requests, but all user processes
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and I/O should be quiescent during a system suspend -- thanks to the
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freezer. However there are plans to do away with the freezer, which
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would mean these things would become possible. If and when this comes
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about, the USB core will carefully arrange matters so that either type
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of resume will block until the entire system has resumed.
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