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author | Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> | 2006-12-12 17:41:41 -0500 |
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committer | Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> | 2006-12-12 17:41:41 -0500 |
commit | c4366889dda8110247be59ca41fddb82951a8c26 (patch) | |
tree | 705c1a996bed8fd48ce94ff33ec9fd00f9b94875 /Documentation/power/interface.txt | |
parent | db2fb9db5735cc532fd4fc55e94b9a3c3750378e (diff) | |
parent | e1036502e5263851259d147771226161e5ccc85a (diff) |
Merge ../linus
Conflicts:
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/power/interface.txt b/Documentation/power/interface.txt index a66bec222b1..74311d7e0f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/interface.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/interface.txt @@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ testing). The system will support either 'firmware' or 'platform', and that is known a priori. But, the user may choose 'shutdown' or 'reboot' as alternatives. +Additionally, /sys/power/disk can be used to turn on one of the two testing +modes of the suspend-to-disk mechanism: 'testproc' or 'test'. If the +suspend-to-disk mechanism is in the 'testproc' mode, writing 'disk' to +/sys/power/state will cause the kernel to disable nonboot CPUs and freeze +tasks, wait for 5 seconds, unfreeze tasks and enable nonboot CPUs. If it is +in the 'test' mode, writing 'disk' to /sys/power/state will cause the kernel +to disable nonboot CPUs and freeze tasks, shrink memory, suspend devices, wait +for 5 seconds, resume devices, unfreeze tasks and enable nonboot CPUs. Then, +we are able to look in the log messages and work out, for example, which code +is being slow and which device drivers are misbehaving. + Reading from this file will display what the mode is currently set to. Writing to this file will accept one of @@ -37,6 +48,8 @@ to. Writing to this file will accept one of 'platform' 'shutdown' 'reboot' + 'testproc' + 'test' It will only change to 'firmware' or 'platform' if the system supports it. |