[linux-pm] [RFC] A New Power Management API

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On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 03:29:17PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> On Sunday 17 April 2005 1:48 pm, Adam Belay wrote:

> > 
> > So I think each clock could be a power resource.  It looks like the
> > current code isn't doing much more than turning them on and off. 
> 
> They should clk_use()/clk_unuse(), and automatically handle the
> activation/deactivation of parent clocks.  Some clocks are shared
> between multiple devices ... so "on/off" doesn't suffice, those
> devices' drivers rely on the clock framework to coordinate.  (Or
> were you thinking that on/off would match use/unuse?  There's no
> point to separate enable/disable calls IMO.)

Yes, I was thinking power resources could replace use/unuse.  So each device
could associate a list of required resources by state.  Then, when there
are not any devices in a state that requires a given resource, the resource
could be turned off.

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