Re: The corner case for USB remote wakeup

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Dear Chen Peter-B29397,

> > > > No, that's not what I meant.  Suppose there is no intermediate hub,
> > > > only a 3G modem plugged directly into the root hub.  The 3G modem
> > 
> > does
> > 
> > > > a runtime autosuspend, and then 2 seconds later sends a wakeup
> > 
> > request.
> > 
> > > > But the autosuspend timeout for the root hub is also 2 seconds, so
> > 
> > the
> > 
> > > > root hub suspends and the PHY goes into low-power mode at just the
> > 
> > same
> > 
> > > > time as when the wakeup request arrives.
> > > 
> > > At your case, if we put PHY enters low power mode code at both
> > 
> > ehci_hub_control
> > 
> > > and ehci_bus_suspend, once 3G modem is suspended, the ehci_hub_control
> > > (USB_PORT_FEAT_SUSPEND) will be called, then PHY enters low power mode
> > 
> > code
> > 
> > > will be called. roohub suspend (ehci_bus_suspend) will not set
> > 
> > PORT_SUSPEND
> > 
> > > at portsc and call PHY enters low power mode code again.
> > 
> > Okay, I didn't realize you wanted to change the PHY state in
> > ehci_hub_control also.  You would power-down the PHY whenever every
> > connected port was suspended, right?
> 
> Oh, I have no experiences on multi-port system, all Freescale i.mx SoC
> has only one port.

I take it in case of multiport system, you'd have one phy per port ? Or are 
there phys that can operate with multiple ULPI inputs (aka. one phy per multiple 
CPU ports)?

> > So consider this scenario instead.  There is no intermediate hub, but
> > there are two devices plugged directly into the root hub: a 3G modem
> > and a flash drive. 

Is this possible on MXS?

> > The 3G modem goes into runtime suspend.  A minute
> > later, the user unplugs the flash drive, and at that point the PHY is
> > powered down.  What's to prevent the modem from sending a wakeup signal
> > at the same time?
> 
> Modem can send wakeup at any time, yes, on multi-port system, the things
> are different, it needs roothub handles one port's resume as well as
> PHY is entering low power mode.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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