On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, Peter Reid wrote: > Do you mean to say that: > > Dynamic = Active > Idle = Idle > Suspend = Low Power State > Resume = Active/Dynamic More like: Resume = High Power State. Or better still: Suspend = Go to low-power state Resume = Return to high-power state > If so, what is the difference between suspend and Idle? A suspended device must, of course, be idle. But an idle device need not be suspended. A device can remain in a high-power state even while it's not doing anything. > Are both the same and what are OFF State/Retention State as well? Presumably "OFF state" means no power at all. I don't know what "Retention State" means. Alan Stern _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm