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SubjectRe: [PATCH/RFC 1/2] PM / wakeup: Add callback for wake-up change notification
Hi Rafael,

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 12:26:24 PM CEST Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Add a callback to inform a device that his wake-up setting has been
>> changed. This allows a device to synchronize device configuration with
>> an external user action.
>>
>> E.g. on systems using a Rohm BD9571MWV PMIC and a toggle accessory power
>> switch, the system suspend procedure is:
>> 1. Configure PMIC for DDR backup mode, which changes the role of the
>> accessory power switch from a power to a wake-up switch,
>> 2. Switch accessory power switch off, to prepare for system suspend,
>> 3. Suspend system.
>>
>> Hence step 1 cannot be done in the PMIC's suspend callback,
>
> I don't quite understand this, so can you please explain?
>
> What can't it be done from ->prepare() or even from a suspend notifier?
>
>> but it can be done in the new callback, in response to the user writing "enabled"
>> to the PMIC's wakeup virtual file in sysfs.

Step 2 (flip a switch on the board) is a manual step, to be done by the user.
So it cannot be done from any suspend callback or notifier.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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