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diff --git a/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt b/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt index e4bdcaee24e4..7f7a737f7f9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Testing suspend and resume support in device drivers Unfortunately, to effectively test the support for the system-wide suspend and resume transitions in a driver, it is necessary to suspend and resume a fully functional system with this driver loaded. Moreover, that should be done -several times, preferably several times in a row, and separately for the suspend -to disk (STD) and the suspend to RAM (STR) transitions, because each of these -cases involves different ordering of operations and different interactions with +several times, preferably several times in a row, and separately for hibernation +(aka suspend to disk or STD) and suspend to RAM (STR), because each of these +cases involves slightly different operations and different interactions with the machine's BIOS. Of course, for this purpose the test system has to be known to suspend and @@ -22,20 +22,24 @@ for more information about the debugging of suspend/resume functionality. Once you have resolved the suspend/resume-related problems with your test system without the new driver, you are ready to test it: -a) Build the driver as a module, load it and try the STD in the test mode (see: -Documents/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 1a)). +a) Build the driver as a module, load it and try the test modes of hibernation + (see: Documents/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 1). -b) Load the driver and attempt to suspend to disk in the "reboot", "shutdown" -and "platform" modes (see: Documents/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 1). +b) Load the driver and attempt to hibernate in the "reboot", "shutdown" and + "platform" modes (see: Documents/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 1). -c) Compile the driver directly into the kernel and try the STD in the test mode. +c) Compile the driver directly into the kernel and try the test modes of + hibernation. -d) Attempt to suspend to disk with the driver compiled directly into the kernel -in the "reboot", "shutdown" and "platform" modes. +d) Attempt to hibernate with the driver compiled directly into the kernel + in the "reboot", "shutdown" and "platform" modes. -e) Attempt to suspend to RAM using the s2ram tool with the driver loaded (see: -Documents/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 2). As far as the STR tests are -concerned, it should not matter whether or not the driver is built as a module. +e) Try the test modes of suspend (see: Documents/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, + 2). [As far as the STR tests are concerned, it should not matter whether or + not the driver is built as a module.] + +f) Attempt to suspend to RAM using the s2ram tool with the driver loaded + (see: Documents/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 2). Each of the above tests should be repeated several times and the STD tests should be mixed with the STR tests. If any of them fails, the driver cannot be |