Re: [PATCH/RFC 3/6] drivers: firmware: psci: Implement shallow suspend mode

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On 21/02/17 16:23, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Sudeep,
> 
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 20/02/17 20:33, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> Enable support for "shallow" suspend mode, also known as "Standby" or
>>> "Power-On Suspend".
>>>
>>> As secondary CPU cores are taken offline, "shallow" suspend mode saves
>>> slightly more power than "s2idle", but less than "deep" suspend mode.
>>> However, unlike "deep" suspend mode, "shallow" suspend mode can be used
>>> regardless of the presence of support for PSCI_SYSTEM_SUSPEND, which is
>>> an optional API in PSCI v1.0.
>>>
>>> List the available system suspend modes:
>>>
>>>     $ cat /sys/power/mem_sleep
>>>     s2idle shallow [deep]
>>>
>>> Suspend to "shallow" mode:
>>>
>>>     $ echo shallow > /sys/power/mem_sleep
>>>     $ echo mem > /sys/power/state
>>>
>>
>> I don't have the links to such previous attempts handy, but we have
> 
> Don't worry, I did read earlier discussions about implementing shallow mode.
> 

In short or just to summarize in one line, just use "freeze"(a.k.a
suspend-to-idle suspend mode)

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep
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