usb/power-management.txt: convert to ReST and add to driver-api book

This document describe some USB core functions. Add it to the
driver-api book.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Linux USB API
    anchors
    bulk-streams
    callbacks
+   power-management
    writing_usb_driver
    writing_musb_glue_layer
 
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+.. _usb-power-management:
+
+Power Management for USB
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:Author: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
+:Date: Last-updated: February 2014
+
+..
+	Contents:
+	---------
+	* What is Power Management?
+	* What is Remote Wakeup?
+	* When is a USB device idle?
+	* Forms of dynamic PM
+	* The user interface for dynamic PM
+	* Changing the default idle-delay time
+	* Warnings
+	* The driver interface for Power Management
+	* The driver interface for autosuspend and autoresume
+	* Other parts of the driver interface
+	* Mutual exclusion
+	* Interaction between dynamic PM and system PM
+	* xHCI hardware link PM
+	* USB Port Power Control
+	* User Interface for Port Power Control
+	* Suggested Userspace Port Power Policy
+
+
+What is Power Management?
+-------------------------
+
+Power Management (PM) is the practice of saving energy by suspending
+parts of a computer system when they aren't being used.  While a
+component is ``suspended`` it is in a nonfunctional low-power state; it
+might even be turned off completely.  A suspended component can be
+``resumed`` (returned to a functional full-power state) when the kernel
+needs to use it.  (There also are forms of PM in which components are
+placed in a less functional but still usable state instead of being
+suspended; an example would be reducing the CPU's clock rate.  This
+document will not discuss those other forms.)
+
+When the parts being suspended include the CPU and most of the rest of
+the system, we speak of it as a "system suspend".  When a particular
+device is turned off while the system as a whole remains running, we
+call it a "dynamic suspend" (also known as a "runtime suspend" or
+"selective suspend").  This document concentrates mostly on how
+dynamic PM is implemented in the USB subsystem, although system PM is
+covered to some extent (see ``Documentation/power/*.txt`` for more
+information about system PM).
+
+System PM support is present only if the kernel was built with
+``CONFIG_SUSPEND`` or ``CONFIG_HIBERNATION`` enabled.  Dynamic PM support
+
+for USB is present whenever
+the kernel was built with ``CONFIG_PM`` enabled.
+
+[Historically, dynamic PM support for USB was present only if the
+kernel had been built with ``CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND`` enabled (which depended on
+``CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME``).  Starting with the 3.10 kernel release, dynamic PM
+support for USB was present whenever the kernel was built with
+``CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME`` enabled.  The ``CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND`` option had been
+eliminated.]
+
+
+What is Remote Wakeup?
+----------------------
+
+When a device has been suspended, it generally doesn't resume until
+the computer tells it to.  Likewise, if the entire computer has been
+suspended, it generally doesn't resume until the user tells it to, say
+by pressing a power button or opening the cover.
+
+However some devices have the capability of resuming by themselves, or
+asking the kernel to resume them, or even telling the entire computer
+to resume.  This capability goes by several names such as "Wake On
+LAN"; we will refer to it generically as "remote wakeup".  When a
+device is enabled for remote wakeup and it is suspended, it may resume
+itself (or send a request to be resumed) in response to some external
+event.  Examples include a suspended keyboard resuming when a key is
+pressed, or a suspended USB hub resuming when a device is plugged in.
+
+
+When is a USB device idle?
+--------------------------
+
+A device is idle whenever the kernel thinks it's not busy doing
+anything important and thus is a candidate for being suspended.  The
+exact definition depends on the device's driver; drivers are allowed
+to declare that a device isn't idle even when there's no actual
+communication taking place.  (For example, a hub isn't considered idle
+unless all the devices plugged into that hub are already suspended.)
+In addition, a device isn't considered idle so long as a program keeps
+its usbfs file open, whether or not any I/O is going on.
+
+If a USB device has no driver, its usbfs file isn't open, and it isn't
+being accessed through sysfs, then it definitely is idle.
+
+
+Forms of dynamic PM
+-------------------
+
+Dynamic suspends occur when the kernel decides to suspend an idle
+device.  This is called ``autosuspend`` for short.  In general, a device
+won't be autosuspended unless it has been idle for some minimum period
+of time, the so-called idle-delay time.
+
+Of course, nothing the kernel does on its own initiative should
+prevent the computer or its devices from working properly.  If a
+device has been autosuspended and a program tries to use it, the
+kernel will automatically resume the device (autoresume).  For the
+same reason, an autosuspended device will usually have remote wakeup
+enabled, if the device supports remote wakeup.
+
+It is worth mentioning that many USB drivers don't support
+autosuspend.  In fact, at the time of this writing (Linux 2.6.23) the
+only drivers which do support it are the hub driver, kaweth, asix,
+usblp, usblcd, and usb-skeleton (which doesn't count).  If a
+non-supporting driver is bound to a device, the device won't be
+autosuspended.  In effect, the kernel pretends the device is never
+idle.
+
+We can categorize power management events in two broad classes:
+external and internal.  External events are those triggered by some
+agent outside the USB stack: system suspend/resume (triggered by
+userspace), manual dynamic resume (also triggered by userspace), and
+remote wakeup (triggered by the device).  Internal events are those
+triggered within the USB stack: autosuspend and autoresume.  Note that
+all dynamic suspend events are internal; external agents are not
+allowed to issue dynamic suspends.
+
+
+The user interface for dynamic PM
+---------------------------------
+
+The user interface for controlling dynamic PM is located in the ``power/``
+subdirectory of each USB device's sysfs directory, that is, in
+``/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/`` where "..." is the device's ID.  The
+relevant attribute files are: wakeup, control, and
+``autosuspend_delay_ms``.  (There may also be a file named ``level``; this
+file was deprecated as of the 2.6.35 kernel and replaced by the
+``control`` file.  In 2.6.38 the ``autosuspend`` file will be deprecated
+and replaced by the ``autosuspend_delay_ms`` file.  The only difference
+is that the newer file expresses the delay in milliseconds whereas the
+older file uses seconds.  Confusingly, both files are present in 2.6.37
+but only ``autosuspend`` works.)
+
+	``power/wakeup``
+
+		This file is empty if the device does not support
+		remote wakeup.  Otherwise the file contains either the
+		word ``enabled`` or the word ``disabled``, and you can
+		write those words to the file.  The setting determines
+		whether or not remote wakeup will be enabled when the
+		device is next suspended.  (If the setting is changed
+		while the device is suspended, the change won't take
+		effect until the following suspend.)
+
+	``power/control``
+
+		This file contains one of two words: ``on`` or ``auto``.
+		You can write those words to the file to change the
+		device's setting.
+
+		- ``on`` means that the device should be resumed and
+		  autosuspend is not allowed.  (Of course, system
+		  suspends are still allowed.)
+
+		- ``auto`` is the normal state in which the kernel is
+		  allowed to autosuspend and autoresume the device.
+
+		(In kernels up to 2.6.32, you could also specify
+		``suspend``, meaning that the device should remain
+		suspended and autoresume was not allowed.  This
+		setting is no longer supported.)
+
+	``power/autosuspend_delay_ms``
+
+		This file contains an integer value, which is the
+		number of milliseconds the device should remain idle
+		before the kernel will autosuspend it (the idle-delay
+		time).  The default is 2000.  0 means to autosuspend
+		as soon as the device becomes idle, and negative
+		values mean never to autosuspend.  You can write a
+		number to the file to change the autosuspend
+		idle-delay time.
+
+Writing ``-1`` to ``power/autosuspend_delay_ms`` and writing ``on`` to
+``power/control`` do essentially the same thing -- they both prevent the
+device from being autosuspended.  Yes, this is a redundancy in the
+API.
+
+(In 2.6.21 writing ``0`` to ``power/autosuspend`` would prevent the device
+from being autosuspended; the behavior was changed in 2.6.22.  The
+``power/autosuspend`` attribute did not exist prior to 2.6.21, and the
+``power/level`` attribute did not exist prior to 2.6.22.  ``power/control``
+was added in 2.6.34, and ``power/autosuspend_delay_ms`` was added in
+2.6.37 but did not become functional until 2.6.38.)
+
+
+Changing the default idle-delay time
+------------------------------------
+
+The default autosuspend idle-delay time (in seconds) is controlled by
+a module parameter in usbcore.  You can specify the value when usbcore
+is loaded.  For example, to set it to 5 seconds instead of 2 you would
+do::
+
+	modprobe usbcore autosuspend=5
+
+Equivalently, you could add to a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d
+a line saying::
+
+	options usbcore autosuspend=5
+
+Some distributions load the usbcore module very early during the boot
+process, by means of a program or script running from an initramfs
+image.  To alter the parameter value you would have to rebuild that
+image.
+
+If usbcore is compiled into the kernel rather than built as a loadable
+module, you can add::
+
+	usbcore.autosuspend=5
+
+to the kernel's boot command line.
+
+Finally, the parameter value can be changed while the system is
+running.  If you do::
+
+	echo 5 >/sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend
+
+then each new USB device will have its autosuspend idle-delay
+initialized to 5.  (The idle-delay values for already existing devices
+will not be affected.)
+
+Setting the initial default idle-delay to -1 will prevent any
+autosuspend of any USB device.  This has the benefit of allowing you
+then to enable autosuspend for selected devices.
+
+
+Warnings
+--------
+
+The USB specification states that all USB devices must support power
+management.  Nevertheless, the sad fact is that many devices do not
+support it very well.  You can suspend them all right, but when you
+try to resume them they disconnect themselves from the USB bus or
+they stop working entirely.  This seems to be especially prevalent
+among printers and scanners, but plenty of other types of device have
+the same deficiency.
+
+For this reason, by default the kernel disables autosuspend (the
+``power/control`` attribute is initialized to ``on``) for all devices other
+than hubs.  Hubs, at least, appear to be reasonably well-behaved in
+this regard.
+
+(In 2.6.21 and 2.6.22 this wasn't the case.  Autosuspend was enabled
+by default for almost all USB devices.  A number of people experienced
+problems as a result.)
+
+This means that non-hub devices won't be autosuspended unless the user
+or a program explicitly enables it.  As of this writing there aren't
+any widespread programs which will do this; we hope that in the near
+future device managers such as HAL will take on this added
+responsibility.  In the meantime you can always carry out the
+necessary operations by hand or add them to a udev script.  You can
+also change the idle-delay time; 2 seconds is not the best choice for
+every device.
+
+If a driver knows that its device has proper suspend/resume support,
+it can enable autosuspend all by itself.  For example, the video
+driver for a laptop's webcam might do this (in recent kernels they
+do), since these devices are rarely used and so should normally be
+autosuspended.
+
+Sometimes it turns out that even when a device does work okay with
+autosuspend there are still problems.  For example, the usbhid driver,
+which manages keyboards and mice, has autosuspend support.  Tests with
+a number of keyboards show that typing on a suspended keyboard, while
+causing the keyboard to do a remote wakeup all right, will nonetheless
+frequently result in lost keystrokes.  Tests with mice show that some
+of them will issue a remote-wakeup request in response to button
+presses but not to motion, and some in response to neither.
+
+The kernel will not prevent you from enabling autosuspend on devices
+that can't handle it.  It is even possible in theory to damage a
+device by suspending it at the wrong time.  (Highly unlikely, but
+possible.)  Take care.
+
+
+The driver interface for Power Management
+-----------------------------------------
+
+The requirements for a USB driver to support external power management
+are pretty modest; the driver need only define::
+
+	.suspend
+	.resume
+	.reset_resume
+
+methods in its :c:type:`usb_driver` structure, and the ``reset_resume`` method
+is optional.  The methods' jobs are quite simple:
+
+      - The ``suspend`` method is called to warn the driver that the
+	device is going to be suspended.  If the driver returns a
+	negative error code, the suspend will be aborted.  Normally
+	the driver will return 0, in which case it must cancel all
+	outstanding URBs (:c:func:`usb_kill_urb`) and not submit any more.
+
+      - The ``resume`` method is called to tell the driver that the
+	device has been resumed and the driver can return to normal
+	operation.  URBs may once more be submitted.
+
+      - The ``reset_resume`` method is called to tell the driver that
+	the device has been resumed and it also has been reset.
+	The driver should redo any necessary device initialization,
+	since the device has probably lost most or all of its state
+	(although the interfaces will be in the same altsettings as
+	before the suspend).
+
+If the device is disconnected or powered down while it is suspended,
+the ``disconnect`` method will be called instead of the ``resume`` or
+``reset_resume`` method.  This is also quite likely to happen when
+waking up from hibernation, as many systems do not maintain suspend
+current to the USB host controllers during hibernation.  (It's
+possible to work around the hibernation-forces-disconnect problem by
+using the USB Persist facility.)
+
+The ``reset_resume`` method is used by the USB Persist facility (see
+``Documentation/usb/persist.txt``) and it can also be used under certain
+circumstances when ``CONFIG_USB_PERSIST`` is not enabled.  Currently, if a
+device is reset during a resume and the driver does not have a
+``reset_resume`` method, the driver won't receive any notification about
+the resume.  Later kernels will call the driver's ``disconnect`` method;
+2.6.23 doesn't do this.
+
+USB drivers are bound to interfaces, so their ``suspend`` and ``resume``
+methods get called when the interfaces are suspended or resumed.  In
+principle one might want to suspend some interfaces on a device (i.e.,
+force the drivers for those interface to stop all activity) without
+suspending the other interfaces.  The USB core doesn't allow this; all
+interfaces are suspended when the device itself is suspended and all
+interfaces are resumed when the device is resumed.  It isn't possible
+to suspend or resume some but not all of a device's interfaces.  The
+closest you can come is to unbind the interfaces' drivers.
+
+
+The driver interface for autosuspend and autoresume
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+To support autosuspend and autoresume, a driver should implement all
+three of the methods listed above.  In addition, a driver indicates
+that it supports autosuspend by setting the ``.supports_autosuspend`` flag
+in its usb_driver structure.  It is then responsible for informing the
+USB core whenever one of its interfaces becomes busy or idle.  The
+driver does so by calling these six functions::
+
+	int  usb_autopm_get_interface(struct usb_interface *intf);
+	void usb_autopm_put_interface(struct usb_interface *intf);
+	int  usb_autopm_get_interface_async(struct usb_interface *intf);
+	void usb_autopm_put_interface_async(struct usb_interface *intf);
+	void usb_autopm_get_interface_no_resume(struct usb_interface *intf);
+	void usb_autopm_put_interface_no_suspend(struct usb_interface *intf);
+
+The functions work by maintaining a usage counter in the
+usb_interface's embedded device structure.  When the counter is > 0
+then the interface is deemed to be busy, and the kernel will not
+autosuspend the interface's device.  When the usage counter is = 0
+then the interface is considered to be idle, and the kernel may
+autosuspend the device.
+
+Drivers need not be concerned about balancing changes to the usage
+counter; the USB core will undo any remaining "get"s when a driver
+is unbound from its interface.  As a corollary, drivers must not call
+any of the ``usb_autopm_*`` functions after their ``disconnect``
+routine has returned.
+
+Drivers using the async routines are responsible for their own
+synchronization and mutual exclusion.
+
+	:c:func:`usb_autopm_get_interface` increments the usage counter and
+	does an autoresume if the device is suspended.  If the
+	autoresume fails, the counter is decremented back.
+
+	:c:func:`usb_autopm_put_interface` decrements the usage counter and
+	attempts an autosuspend if the new value is = 0.
+
+	:c:func:`usb_autopm_get_interface_async` and
+	:c:func:`usb_autopm_put_interface_async` do almost the same things as
+	their non-async counterparts.  The big difference is that they
+	use a workqueue to do the resume or suspend part of their
+	jobs.  As a result they can be called in an atomic context,
+	such as an URB's completion handler, but when they return the
+	device will generally not yet be in the desired state.
+
+	:c:func:`usb_autopm_get_interface_no_resume` and
+	:c:func:`usb_autopm_put_interface_no_suspend` merely increment or
+	decrement the usage counter; they do not attempt to carry out
+	an autoresume or an autosuspend.  Hence they can be called in
+	an atomic context.
+
+The simplest usage pattern is that a driver calls
+:c:func:`usb_autopm_get_interface` in its open routine and
+:c:func:`usb_autopm_put_interface` in its close or release routine.  But other
+patterns are possible.
+
+The autosuspend attempts mentioned above will often fail for one
+reason or another.  For example, the ``power/control`` attribute might be
+set to ``on``, or another interface in the same device might not be
+idle.  This is perfectly normal.  If the reason for failure was that
+the device hasn't been idle for long enough, a timer is scheduled to
+carry out the operation automatically when the autosuspend idle-delay
+has expired.
+
+Autoresume attempts also can fail, although failure would mean that
+the device is no longer present or operating properly.  Unlike
+autosuspend, there's no idle-delay for an autoresume.
+
+
+Other parts of the driver interface
+-----------------------------------
+
+Drivers can enable autosuspend for their devices by calling::
+
+	usb_enable_autosuspend(struct usb_device *udev);
+
+in their :c:func:`probe` routine, if they know that the device is capable of
+suspending and resuming correctly.  This is exactly equivalent to
+writing ``auto`` to the device's ``power/control`` attribute.  Likewise,
+drivers can disable autosuspend by calling::
+
+	usb_disable_autosuspend(struct usb_device *udev);
+
+This is exactly the same as writing ``on`` to the ``power/control`` attribute.
+
+Sometimes a driver needs to make sure that remote wakeup is enabled
+during autosuspend.  For example, there's not much point
+autosuspending a keyboard if the user can't cause the keyboard to do a
+remote wakeup by typing on it.  If the driver sets
+``intf->needs_remote_wakeup`` to 1, the kernel won't autosuspend the
+device if remote wakeup isn't available.  (If the device is already
+autosuspended, though, setting this flag won't cause the kernel to
+autoresume it.  Normally a driver would set this flag in its ``probe``
+method, at which time the device is guaranteed not to be
+autosuspended.)
+
+If a driver does its I/O asynchronously in interrupt context, it
+should call :c:func:`usb_autopm_get_interface_async` before starting output and
+:c:func:`usb_autopm_put_interface_async` when the output queue drains.  When
+it receives an input event, it should call::
+
+	usb_mark_last_busy(struct usb_device *udev);
+
+in the event handler.  This tells the PM core that the device was just
+busy and therefore the next autosuspend idle-delay expiration should
+be pushed back.  Many of the usb_autopm_* routines also make this call,
+so drivers need to worry only when interrupt-driven input arrives.
+
+Asynchronous operation is always subject to races.  For example, a
+driver may call the :c:func:`usb_autopm_get_interface_async` routine at a time
+when the core has just finished deciding the device has been idle for
+long enough but not yet gotten around to calling the driver's ``suspend``
+method.  The ``suspend`` method must be responsible for synchronizing with
+the I/O request routine and the URB completion handler; it should
+cause autosuspends to fail with -EBUSY if the driver needs to use the
+device.
+
+External suspend calls should never be allowed to fail in this way,
+only autosuspend calls.  The driver can tell them apart by applying
+the :c:func:`PMSG_IS_AUTO` macro to the message argument to the ``suspend``
+method; it will return True for internal PM events (autosuspend) and
+False for external PM events.
+
+
+Mutual exclusion
+----------------
+
+For external events -- but not necessarily for autosuspend or
+autoresume -- the device semaphore (udev->dev.sem) will be held when a
+``suspend`` or ``resume`` method is called.  This implies that external
+suspend/resume events are mutually exclusive with calls to ``probe``,
+``disconnect``, ``pre_reset``, and ``post_reset``; the USB core guarantees that
+this is true of autosuspend/autoresume events as well.
+
+If a driver wants to block all suspend/resume calls during some
+critical section, the best way is to lock the device and call
+:c:func:`usb_autopm_get_interface` (and do the reverse at the end of the
+critical section).  Holding the device semaphore will block all
+external PM calls, and the :c:func:`usb_autopm_get_interface` will prevent any
+internal PM calls, even if it fails.  (Exercise: Why?)
+
+
+Interaction between dynamic PM and system PM
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Dynamic power management and system power management can interact in
+a couple of ways.
+
+Firstly, a device may already be autosuspended when a system suspend
+occurs.  Since system suspends are supposed to be as transparent as
+possible, the device should remain suspended following the system
+resume.  But this theory may not work out well in practice; over time
+the kernel's behavior in this regard has changed.  As of 2.6.37 the
+policy is to resume all devices during a system resume and let them
+handle their own runtime suspends afterward.
+
+Secondly, a dynamic power-management event may occur as a system
+suspend is underway.  The window for this is short, since system
+suspends don't take long (a few seconds usually), but it can happen.
+For example, a suspended device may send a remote-wakeup signal while
+the system is suspending.  The remote wakeup may succeed, which would
+cause the system suspend to abort.  If the remote wakeup doesn't
+succeed, it may still remain active and thus cause the system to
+resume as soon as the system suspend is complete.  Or the remote
+wakeup may fail and get lost.  Which outcome occurs depends on timing
+and on the hardware and firmware design.
+
+
+xHCI hardware link PM
+---------------------
+
+xHCI host controller provides hardware link power management to usb2.0
+(xHCI 1.0 feature) and usb3.0 devices which support link PM. By
+enabling hardware LPM, the host can automatically put the device into
+lower power state(L1 for usb2.0 devices, or U1/U2 for usb3.0 devices),
+which state device can enter and resume very quickly.
+
+The user interface for controlling hardware LPM is located in the
+``power/`` subdirectory of each USB device's sysfs directory, that is, in
+``/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/`` where "..." is the device's ID. The
+relevant attribute files are ``usb2_hardware_lpm`` and ``usb3_hardware_lpm``.
+
+	``power/usb2_hardware_lpm``
+
+		When a USB2 device which support LPM is plugged to a
+		xHCI host root hub which support software LPM, the
+		host will run a software LPM test for it; if the device
+		enters L1 state and resume successfully and the host
+		supports USB2 hardware LPM, this file will show up and
+		driver will enable hardware LPM	for the device. You
+		can write y/Y/1 or n/N/0 to the file to	enable/disable
+		USB2 hardware LPM manually. This is for	test purpose mainly.
+
+	``power/usb3_hardware_lpm_u1``
+	``power/usb3_hardware_lpm_u2``
+
+		When a USB 3.0 lpm-capable device is plugged in to a
+		xHCI host which supports link PM, it will check if U1
+		and U2 exit latencies have been set in the BOS
+		descriptor; if the check is passed and the host
+		supports USB3 hardware LPM, USB3 hardware LPM will be
+		enabled for the device and these files will be created.
+		The files hold a string value (enable or disable)
+		indicating whether or not USB3 hardware LPM U1 or U2
+		is enabled for the device.
+
+USB Port Power Control
+----------------------
+
+In addition to suspending endpoint devices and enabling hardware
+controlled link power management, the USB subsystem also has the
+capability to disable power to ports under some conditions.  Power is
+controlled through ``Set/ClearPortFeature(PORT_POWER)`` requests to a hub.
+In the case of a root or platform-internal hub the host controller
+driver translates ``PORT_POWER`` requests into platform firmware (ACPI)
+method calls to set the port power state. For more background see the
+Linux Plumbers Conference 2012 slides [#f1]_ and video [#f2]_:
+
+Upon receiving a ``ClearPortFeature(PORT_POWER)`` request a USB port is
+logically off, and may trigger the actual loss of VBUS to the port [#f3]_.
+VBUS may be maintained in the case where a hub gangs multiple ports into
+a shared power well causing power to remain until all ports in the gang
+are turned off.  VBUS may also be maintained by hub ports configured for
+a charging application.  In any event a logically off port will lose
+connection with its device, not respond to hotplug events, and not
+respond to remote wakeup events.
+
+.. warning::
+
+   turning off a port may result in the inability to hot add a device.
+   Please see "User Interface for Port Power Control" for details.
+
+As far as the effect on the device itself it is similar to what a device
+goes through during system suspend, i.e. the power session is lost.  Any
+USB device or driver that misbehaves with system suspend will be
+similarly affected by a port power cycle event.  For this reason the
+implementation shares the same device recovery path (and honors the same
+quirks) as the system resume path for the hub.
+
+.. [#f1]
+
+  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/96820575/sarah-sharp-lpt-port-power-off2-mini.pdf
+
+.. [#f2]
+
+  http://linuxplumbers.ubicast.tv/videos/usb-port-power-off-kerneluserspace-api/
+
+.. [#f3]
+
+  USB 3.1 Section 10.12
+
+  wakeup note: if a device is configured to send wakeup events the port
+  power control implementation will block poweroff attempts on that
+  port.
+
+
+User Interface for Port Power Control
+-------------------------------------
+
+The port power control mechanism uses the PM runtime system.  Poweroff is
+requested by clearing the ``power/pm_qos_no_power_off`` flag of the port device
+(defaults to 1).  If the port is disconnected it will immediately receive a
+``ClearPortFeature(PORT_POWER)`` request.  Otherwise, it will honor the pm
+runtime rules and require the attached child device and all descendants to be
+suspended. This mechanism is dependent on the hub advertising port power
+switching in its hub descriptor (wHubCharacteristics logical power switching
+mode field).
+
+Note, some interface devices/drivers do not support autosuspend.  Userspace may
+need to unbind the interface drivers before the :c:type:`usb_device` will
+suspend.  An unbound interface device is suspended by default.  When unbinding,
+be careful to unbind interface drivers, not the driver of the parent usb
+device.  Also, leave hub interface drivers bound.  If the driver for the usb
+device (not interface) is unbound the kernel is no longer able to resume the
+device.  If a hub interface driver is unbound, control of its child ports is
+lost and all attached child-devices will disconnect.  A good rule of thumb is
+that if the 'driver/module' link for a device points to
+``/sys/module/usbcore`` then unbinding it will interfere with port power
+control.
+
+Example of the relevant files for port power control.  Note, in this example
+these files are relative to a usb hub device (prefix)::
+
+     prefix=/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1
+
+                      attached child device +
+                  hub port device +         |
+     hub interface device +       |         |
+                          v       v         v
+                  $prefix/3-1:1.0/3-1-port1/device
+
+     $prefix/3-1:1.0/3-1-port1/power/pm_qos_no_power_off
+     $prefix/3-1:1.0/3-1-port1/device/power/control
+     $prefix/3-1:1.0/3-1-port1/device/3-1.1:<intf0>/driver/unbind
+     $prefix/3-1:1.0/3-1-port1/device/3-1.1:<intf1>/driver/unbind
+     ...
+     $prefix/3-1:1.0/3-1-port1/device/3-1.1:<intfN>/driver/unbind
+
+In addition to these files some ports may have a 'peer' link to a port on
+another hub.  The expectation is that all superspeed ports have a
+hi-speed peer::
+
+  $prefix/3-1:1.0/3-1-port1/peer -> ../../../../usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/2-1-port1
+  ../../../../usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/2-1-port1/peer -> ../../../../usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/3-1-port1
+
+Distinct from 'companion ports', or 'ehci/xhci shared switchover ports'
+peer ports are simply the hi-speed and superspeed interface pins that
+are combined into a single usb3 connector.  Peer ports share the same
+ancestor XHCI device.
+
+While a superspeed port is powered off a device may downgrade its
+connection and attempt to connect to the hi-speed pins.  The
+implementation takes steps to prevent this:
+
+1. Port suspend is sequenced to guarantee that hi-speed ports are powered-off
+   before their superspeed peer is permitted to power-off.  The implication is
+   that the setting ``pm_qos_no_power_off`` to zero on a superspeed port may
+   not cause the port to power-off until its highspeed peer has gone to its
+   runtime suspend state.  Userspace must take care to order the suspensions
+   if it wants to guarantee that a superspeed port will power-off.
+
+2. Port resume is sequenced to force a superspeed port to power-on prior to its
+   highspeed peer.
+
+3. Port resume always triggers an attached child device to resume.  After a
+   power session is lost the device may have been removed, or need reset.
+   Resuming the child device when the parent port regains power resolves those
+   states and clamps the maximum port power cycle frequency at the rate the
+   child device can suspend (autosuspend-delay) and resume (reset-resume
+   latency).
+
+Sysfs files relevant for port power control:
+
+	``<hubdev-portX>/power/pm_qos_no_power_off``:
+		This writable flag controls the state of an idle port.
+		Once all children and descendants have suspended the
+		port may suspend/poweroff provided that
+		pm_qos_no_power_off is '0'.  If pm_qos_no_power_off is
+		'1' the port will remain active/powered regardless of
+		the stats of descendants.  Defaults to 1.
+
+	``<hubdev-portX>/power/runtime_status``:
+		This file reflects whether the port is 'active' (power is on)
+		or 'suspended' (logically off).  There is no indication to
+		userspace whether VBUS is still supplied.
+
+	``<hubdev-portX>/connect_type``:
+		An advisory read-only flag to userspace indicating the
+		location and connection type of the port.  It returns
+		one of four values 'hotplug', 'hardwired', 'not used',
+		and 'unknown'.  All values, besides unknown, are set by
+		platform firmware.
+
+		``hotplug`` indicates an externally connectable/visible
+		port on the platform.  Typically userspace would choose
+		to keep such a port powered to handle new device
+		connection events.
+
+		``hardwired`` refers to a port that is not visible but
+		connectable. Examples are internal ports for USB
+		bluetooth that can be disconnected via an external
+		switch or a port with a hardwired USB camera.  It is
+		expected to be safe to allow these ports to suspend
+		provided pm_qos_no_power_off is coordinated with any
+		switch that gates connections.  Userspace must arrange
+		for the device to be connected prior to the port
+		powering off, or to activate the port prior to enabling
+		connection via a switch.
+
+		``not used`` refers to an internal port that is expected
+		to never have a device connected to it.  These may be
+		empty internal ports, or ports that are not physically
+		exposed on a platform.  Considered safe to be
+		powered-off at all times.
+
+		``unknown`` means platform firmware does not provide
+		information for this port.  Most commonly refers to
+		external hub ports which should be considered 'hotplug'
+		for policy decisions.
+
+		.. note::
+
+			- since we are relying on the BIOS to get this ACPI
+			  information correct, the USB port descriptions may
+			  be missing or wrong.
+
+			- Take care in clearing ``pm_qos_no_power_off``. Once
+			  power is off this port will
+			  not respond to new connect events.
+
+	Once a child device is attached additional constraints are
+	applied before the port is allowed to poweroff.
+
+	``<child>/power/control``:
+		Must be ``auto``, and the port will not
+		power down until ``<child>/power/runtime_status``
+		reflects the 'suspended' state.  Default
+		value is controlled by child device driver.
+
+	``<child>/power/persist``:
+		This defaults to ``1`` for most devices and indicates if
+		kernel can persist the device's configuration across a
+		power session loss (suspend / port-power event).  When
+		this value is ``0`` (quirky devices), port poweroff is
+		disabled.
+
+	``<child>/driver/unbind``:
+		Wakeup capable devices will block port poweroff.  At
+		this time the only mechanism to clear the usb-internal
+		wakeup-capability for an interface device is to unbind
+		its driver.
+
+Summary of poweroff pre-requisite settings relative to a port device::
+
+	echo 0 > power/pm_qos_no_power_off
+	echo 0 > peer/power/pm_qos_no_power_off # if it exists
+	echo auto > power/control # this is the default value
+	echo auto > <child>/power/control
+	echo 1 > <child>/power/persist # this is the default value
+
+Suggested Userspace Port Power Policy
+-------------------------------------
+
+As noted above userspace needs to be careful and deliberate about what
+ports are enabled for poweroff.
+
+The default configuration is that all ports start with
+``power/pm_qos_no_power_off`` set to ``1`` causing ports to always remain
+active.
+
+Given confidence in the platform firmware's description of the ports
+(ACPI _PLD record for a port populates 'connect_type') userspace can
+clear pm_qos_no_power_off for all 'not used' ports.  The same can be
+done for 'hardwired' ports provided poweroff is coordinated with any
+connection switch for the port.
+
+A more aggressive userspace policy is to enable USB port power off for
+all ports (set ``<hubdev-portX>/power/pm_qos_no_power_off`` to ``0``) when
+some external factor indicates the user has stopped interacting with the
+system.  For example, a distro may want to enable power off all USB
+ports when the screen blanks, and re-power them when the screen becomes
+active.  Smart phones and tablets may want to power off USB ports when
+the user pushes the power button.