On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:40:10 -0500 (EST) Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > OK, so I think there are two things that user space may be allowed > > to do as far as putting devices into low power states is concerned: > > * disable/enable the automatic power management of the device > > (provided that the driver supports the automatic PM) > > Set the automatic PM parameters (idle timeout, state to go to, > etc.). And disabling automatic PM altogether (effectively the same as > setting the idle timeout to infinity). > shouldn't idle timeout etc be internal to the driver? Yes policy preferences / constraints makes sense to communicate, actual settings do not. For one they keep changing fast all the time anyway. -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
