Add new device sysfs attribute, power/control, allowing the user
space to block the run-time power management of the devices. If this
attribute is set to "on", the driver of the device won't be able to power
manage it at run time (without breaking the rules) and the device will
always be in the full power state (except when the entire system goes
into a sleep state).
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Apparently, there are devices that can wake up the system from sleep
states and yet are incapable of generating wake-up events at run
time. Thus, introduce a flag indicating if given device is capable
of generating run-time wake-up events.
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Introduce a core framework for run-time power management of I/O
devices. Add device run-time PM fields to 'struct dev_pm_info'
and device run-time PM callbacks to 'struct dev_pm_ops'. Introduce
a run-time PM workqueue and define some device run-time PM helper
functions at the core level. Document all these things.
Special thanks to Alan Stern for his help with the design and
multiple detailed reviews of the pereceding versions of this patch
and to Magnus Damm for testing feedback.
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Acked-by: Magnus Damm <damm@igel.co.jp>
