[PATCH v4 1/5] PM: wakeup: Add out-of-band system wakeup support for devices

[Dhruva Gole]

On Sep 22, 2025 at 10:21:06 +0800, Peng Fan wrote:
> Some devices can wake up the system from suspend even when their power
> domains are turned off. This is possible because their system-wakeup logic
> resides in an always-on power domain - indicating that they support
> out-of-band system wakeup.
> 
> Currently, PM domain core doesn't power off such devices if they are marked
> as system wakeup sources. To better represent devices with out-of-band

This commit message makes things much clearer now. Thanks!

> wakeup capability, this patch introduces a new flag out_band_wakeup in
> 'struct dev_pm_info'.
> 
> Two helper APIs are added:
>  - device_set_out_band_wakeup() - to mark a device as having out-of-band
>    wakeup capability.
>  - device_out_band_wakeup() - to query the flag.
> 
> Allow the PM core and drivers to distinguish between regular and
> out-of-band wakeup sources, enable more accurate power management decision.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Dhruva Gole <d-gole at ti.com>

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Dhruva Gole
Texas Instruments Incorporated