This patch (as1485) documents a change to the kernel's default wakeup policy. Devices that forward wakeup requests between buses should be enabled for wakeup by default. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Because of the unavailability of the linux-pm mailing list, I'm posting this on LKML. Documentation/power/devices.txt | 4 +++- drivers/base/power/wakeup.c | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: usb-3.1/Documentation/power/devices.txt =================================================================== --- usb-3.1.orig/Documentation/power/devices.txt +++ usb-3.1/Documentation/power/devices.txt @@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ try to use its wakeup mechanism. device for the most part drivers should not change its value. The initial value of should_wakeup is supposed to be false for the majority of devices; the major exceptions are power buttons, keyboards, and Ethernet adapters whose WoL -(wake-on-LAN) feature has been set up with ethtool. +(wake-on-LAN) feature has been set up with ethtool. It should also default +to true for devices that don't generate wakeup requests on their own but merely +forward wakeup requests from one bus to another (like PCI bridges). Whether or not a device is capable of issuing wakeup events is a hardware matter, and the kernel is responsible for keeping track of it. By contrast, Index: usb-3.1/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c =================================================================== --- usb-3.1.orig/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c +++ usb-3.1/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c @@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_set_wakeup_capa * * By default, most devices should leave wakeup disabled. The exceptions are * devices that everyone expects to be wakeup sources: keyboards, power buttons, - * possibly network interfaces, etc. + * possibly network interfaces, etc. Also, devices that don't generate their + * own wakeup requests but merely forward requests from one bus to another + * (like PCI bridges) should have wakeup enabled by default. */ int device_init_wakeup(struct device *dev, bool enable) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html