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diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt index 3384d5996be..646a89e0c07 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt @@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ try to use its wakeup mechanism. device_set_wakeup_enable() affects this flag; for the most part drivers should not change its value. The initial value of should_wakeup is supposed to be false for the majority of devices; the major exceptions are power buttons, keyboards, and Ethernet adapters whose WoL -(wake-on-LAN) feature has been set up with ethtool. +(wake-on-LAN) feature has been set up with ethtool. It should also default +to true for devices that don't generate wakeup requests on their own but merely +forward wakeup requests from one bus to another (like PCI bridges). Whether or not a device is capable of issuing wakeup events is a hardware matter, and the kernel is responsible for keeping track of it. By contrast, @@ -279,10 +281,6 @@ When the system goes into the standby or memory sleep state, the phases are: time.) Unlike the other suspend-related phases, during the prepare phase the device tree is traversed top-down. - In addition to that, if device drivers need to allocate additional - memory to be able to hadle device suspend correctly, that should be - done in the prepare phase. - After the prepare callback method returns, no new children may be registered below the device. The method may also prepare the device or driver in some way for the upcoming system power transition (for |