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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power index 217772615d0..f4551816329 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-power @@ -1,28 +1,40 @@ What: /sys/power/ Date: August 2006 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power directory will contain files that will provide a unified interface to the power management subsystem. What: /sys/power/state -Date: August 2006 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Date: May 2014 +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: - The /sys/power/state file controls the system power state. - Reading from this file returns what states are supported, - which is hard-coded to 'standby' (Power-On Suspend), 'mem' - (Suspend-to-RAM), and 'disk' (Suspend-to-Disk). + The /sys/power/state file controls system sleep states. + Reading from this file returns the available sleep state + labels, which may be "mem", "standby", "freeze" and "disk" + (hibernation). The meanings of the first three labels depend on + the relative_sleep_states command line argument as follows: + 1) relative_sleep_states = 1 + "mem", "standby", "freeze" represent non-hibernation sleep + states from the deepest ("mem", always present) to the + shallowest ("freeze"). "standby" and "freeze" may or may + not be present depending on the capabilities of the + platform. "freeze" can only be present if "standby" is + present. + 2) relative_sleep_states = 0 (default) + "mem" - "suspend-to-RAM", present if supported. + "standby" - "power-on suspend", present if supported. + "freeze" - "suspend-to-idle", always present. Writing to this file one of these strings causes the system to - transition into that state. Please see the file - Documentation/power/states.txt for a description of each of - these states. + transition into the corresponding state, if available. See + Documentation/power/states.txt for a description of what + "suspend-to-RAM", "power-on suspend" and "suspend-to-idle" mean. What: /sys/power/disk Date: September 2006 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power/disk file controls the operating mode of the suspend-to-disk mechanism. Reading from this file returns @@ -67,7 +79,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/power/image_size Date: August 2006 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power/image_size file controls the size of the image created by the suspend-to-disk mechanism. It can be written a @@ -84,7 +96,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/power/pm_trace Date: August 2006 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power/pm_trace file controls the code which saves the last PM event point in the RTC across reboots, so that you can @@ -133,7 +145,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/power/pm_async Date: January 2009 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power/pm_async file controls the switch allowing the user space to enable or disable asynchronous suspend and resume @@ -146,7 +158,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/power/wakeup_count Date: July 2010 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power/wakeup_count file allows user space to put the system into a sleep state while taking into account the @@ -161,7 +173,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/power/reserved_size Date: May 2011 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power/reserved_size file allows user space to control the amount of memory reserved for allocations made by device @@ -175,7 +187,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/power/autosleep Date: April 2012 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power/autosleep file can be written one of the strings returned by reads from /sys/power/state. If that happens, a @@ -192,7 +204,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/power/wake_lock Date: February 2012 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power/wake_lock file allows user space to create wakeup source objects and activate them on demand (if one of @@ -219,7 +231,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/power/wake_unlock Date: February 2012 -Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> +Contact: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Description: The /sys/power/wake_unlock file allows user space to deactivate wakeup sources created with the help of /sys/power/wake_lock. |