Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Sakari Ailus <> | Subject | [PATCH v5 6/6] Documentation: ACPI: Document allow-low-power-probe _DSD property | Date | Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:27:47 +0300 |
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Document the probe-low-power _DSD property and how it is used with I²C drivers.
Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> --- .../acpi/dsd/allow-low-power-probe.rst | 28 +++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/allow-low-power-probe.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/allow-low-power-probe.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/allow-low-power-probe.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..6fcc89162b898 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/dsd/allow-low-power-probe.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. Linux recognizes the _DSD property +"allow-low-power-probe" that can be used for this purpose. + +How it works +============ + +The property "allow-low-power-probe" 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 by +setting the I2C_DRV_FL_ALLOW_LOW_POWER_PROBE flag in struct i2c_driver.flags +field and the "allow-low-power-probe" 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..0070fcde9e669 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/allow-low-power-probe enumeration osi method-customizing -- 2.20.1
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