[power] Add flag to control suspend-to-disk behavior.
Suspend-to-disk can be handled in numerous ways, some we have control over, and others we don't. The biggest difference is whether or not the firmware is responsible for entering a low-power state or if the platform driver is. The two modes are incompatible, so we enable the platform driver tell the PM core when they register their pm_ops (via the ->pm_disk_mode) field. If the firmware is responsible, then it will also write memory to disk, while the kernel is otherwise responsible. However, a user may choose to use the in-kernel suspend mechanism, even if the system supports only the firmware mechanism. Instead of entering a low-power state, the system will turn off (or reboot for testing). A sysfs file -- /sys/power/disk -- is available to set the mode to one of: 'firmware' 'platform' 'shutdown' 'reboot' The latter two are settable any time, and assume that one is using swsusp. The other two are only settable to what the platform supports.
Showing
Please register or sign in to comment