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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PCI/PM: Keep runtime PM enabled for unbound PCI devices
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, Huang Ying wrote:

> For unbound PCI devices, what we need is:
>
> - Always in D0 state, because some devices does not work again after
> being put into D3 by the PCI bus.
>
> - In SUSPENDED state if allowed, so that the parent devices can still
> be put into low power state.
>
> To satisfy these requirement, the runtime PM for the unbound PCI
> devices are disabled and set to SUSPENDED state. One issue of this
> solution is that the PCI devices will be put into SUSPENDED state even
> if the SUSPENDED state is forbidden via the sysfs interface
> (.../power/control) of the device. This is not an issue for most
> devices, because most PCI devices are not used at all if unbounded.
> But there are exceptions. For example, unbound VGA card can be used
> for display, but suspend its parents make it stop working.
>
> To fix the issue, we keep the runtime PM enabled when the PCI devices
> are unbound. But the runtime PM callbacks will do nothing if the PCI
> devices are unbound. This way, we can put the PCI devices into
> SUSPENDED state without put the PCI devices into D3 state.

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>



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