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@@ -8,25 +8,41 @@ for each state.
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The states are represented by strings that can be read or written to the
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/sys/power/state file. Those strings may be "mem", "standby", "freeze" and
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-"disk", where the last one always represents hibernation (Suspend-To-Disk) and
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-the meaning of the remaining ones depends on the relative_sleep_states command
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-line argument.
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-
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-For relative_sleep_states=1, the strings "mem", "standby" and "freeze" label the
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-available non-hibernation sleep states from the deepest to the shallowest,
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-respectively. In that case, "mem" is always present in /sys/power/state,
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-because there is at least one non-hibernation sleep state in every system. If
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-the given system supports two non-hibernation sleep states, "standby" is present
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-in /sys/power/state in addition to "mem". If the system supports three
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-non-hibernation sleep states, "freeze" will be present in /sys/power/state in
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-addition to "mem" and "standby".
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-
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-For relative_sleep_states=0, which is the default, the following descriptions
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-apply.
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-
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-state: Suspend-To-Idle
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+"disk", where the last three always represent Power-On Suspend (if supported),
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+Suspend-To-Idle and hibernation (Suspend-To-Disk), respectively.
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+
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+The meaning of the "mem" string is controlled by the /sys/power/mem_sleep file.
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+It contains strings representing the available modes of system suspend that may
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+be triggered by writing "mem" to /sys/power/state. These modes are "s2idle"
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+(Suspend-To-Idle), "shallow" (Power-On Suspend) and "deep" (Suspend-To-RAM).
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+The "s2idle" mode is always available, while the other ones are only available
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+if supported by the platform (if not supported, the strings representing them
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+are not present in /sys/power/mem_sleep). The string representing the suspend
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+mode to be used subsequently is enclosed in square brackets. Writing one of
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+the other strings present in /sys/power/mem_sleep to it causes the suspend mode
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+to be used subsequently to change to the one represented by that string.
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+
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+Consequently, there are two ways to cause the system to go into the
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+Suspend-To-Idle sleep state. The first one is to write "freeze" directly to
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+/sys/power/state. The second one is to write "s2idle" to /sys/power/mem_sleep
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+and then to wrtie "mem" to /sys/power/state. Similarly, there are two ways
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+to cause the system to go into the Power-On Suspend sleep state (the strings to
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+write to the control files in that case are "standby" or "shallow" and "mem",
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+respectively) if that state is supported by the platform. In turn, there is
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+only one way to cause the system to go into the Suspend-To-RAM state (write
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+"deep" into /sys/power/mem_sleep and "mem" into /sys/power/state).
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+
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+The default suspend mode (ie. the one to be used without writing anything into
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+/sys/power/mem_sleep) is either "deep" (if Suspend-To-RAM is supported) or
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+"s2idle", but it can be overridden by the value of the "mem_sleep_default"
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+parameter in the kernel command line.
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+
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+The properties of all of the sleep states are described below.
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+State: Suspend-To-Idle
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ACPI state: S0
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-Label: "freeze"
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+Label: "s2idle" ("freeze")
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This state is a generic, pure software, light-weight, system sleep state.
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It allows more energy to be saved relative to runtime idle by freezing user
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@@ -35,13 +51,13 @@ lower-power than available at run time), such that the processors can
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spend more time in their idle states.
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This state can be used for platforms without Power-On Suspend/Suspend-to-RAM
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-support, or it can be used in addition to Suspend-to-RAM (memory sleep)
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-to provide reduced resume latency. It is always supported.
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+support, or it can be used in addition to Suspend-to-RAM to provide reduced
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+resume latency. It is always supported.
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State: Standby / Power-On Suspend
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ACPI State: S1
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-Label: "standby"
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+Label: "shallow" ("standby")
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This state, if supported, offers moderate, though real, power savings, while
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providing a relatively low-latency transition back to a working system. No
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@@ -58,7 +74,7 @@ state.
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State: Suspend-to-RAM
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ACPI State: S3
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-Label: "mem"
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+Label: "deep"
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This state, if supported, offers significant power savings as everything in the
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system is put into a low-power state, except for memory, which should be placed
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