[PATCH 05/14] PM / doc: update device documentation for devices in IRQ safe PM domains
Lina Iyer
lina.iyer at linaro.org
Mon Jul 25 16:21:26 PDT 2016
On Mon, Jul 25 2016 at 16:50 -0600, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>Lina Iyer <lina.iyer at linaro.org> writes:
>
>> Update documentation to reflect the changes made to support IRQ safe PM
>> domains.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lina Iyer <lina.iyer at linaro.org>
>> ---
>> Documentation/power/devices.txt | 12 +++++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt
>> index 8ba6625..a622136 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt
>> @@ -607,7 +607,17 @@ individually. Instead, a set of devices sharing a power resource can be put
>> into a low-power state together at the same time by turning off the shared
>> power resource. Of course, they also need to be put into the full-power state
>> together, by turning the shared power resource on. A set of devices with this
>> -property is often referred to as a power domain.
>> +property is often referred to as a power domain. A power domain may also be
>> +nested inside another power domain.
>> +
>> +Devices, by default, operate in process context. If a device can operate in
>
>minor nit: By "devices" here, I think you mean the runtime PM callbacks for
>devices? If so, it should be explicit, otherwise it's not clear what it
>means for devices to operate in process context.
>
You are right. Its runtime PM that is of interest here.
Thanks,
Lina
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