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authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2015-04-10 13:01:59 +0300
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2015-04-10 13:01:59 +0300
commitbe770021011f00bd6220c87876292053221ca5f1 (patch)
tree004a568289a595082119064edf07503170153c19 /Documentation/power
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parentf321c9cbf3bbf86f6e6153419eaf93ad085e3d74 (diff)
downloadlinux-be770021011f00bd6220c87876292053221ca5f1.tar.xz
Merge back earlier suspend/hibernate material for v4.1.
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diff --git a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
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--- a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
@@ -75,12 +75,14 @@ you should do the following:
# echo platform > /sys/power/disk
# echo disk > /sys/power/state
-Then, the kernel will try to freeze processes, suspend devices, wait 5 seconds,
-resume devices and thaw processes. If "platform" is written to
+Then, the kernel will try to freeze processes, suspend devices, wait a few
+seconds (5 by default, but configurable by the suspend.pm_test_delay module
+parameter), resume devices and thaw processes. If "platform" is written to
/sys/power/pm_test , then after suspending devices the kernel will additionally
invoke the global control methods (eg. ACPI global control methods) used to
-prepare the platform firmware for hibernation. Next, it will wait 5 seconds and
-invoke the platform (eg. ACPI) global methods used to cancel hibernation etc.
+prepare the platform firmware for hibernation. Next, it will wait a
+configurable number of seconds and invoke the platform (eg. ACPI) global
+methods used to cancel hibernation etc.
Writing "none" to /sys/power/pm_test causes the kernel to switch to the normal
hibernation/suspend operations. Also, when open for reading, /sys/power/pm_test