[PATCH] Update the policy on default wakeup settings

[Alan Stern]

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>

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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)
 {

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