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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers index 58bead05eabb..d7e26427e426 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers @@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ Clarity: It helps if anyone can see how to fix the driver. It helps driver that intentionally obfuscates how the hardware works it will go in the bitbucket. +PM support: Since Linux is used on many portable and desktop systems, your + driver is likely to be used on such a system and therefore it + should support basic power management by implementing, if + necessary, the .suspend and .resume methods used during the + system-wide suspend and resume transitions. You should verify + that your driver correctly handles the suspend and resume, but + if you are unable to ensure that, please at least define the + .suspend method returning the -ENOSYS ("Function not + implemented") error. You should also try to make sure that your + driver uses as little power as possible when it's not doing + anything. For the driver testing instructions see + Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt and for a relatively + complete overview of the power management issues related to + drivers see Documentation/power/devices.txt . + Control: In general if there is active maintainance of a driver by the author then patches will be redirected to them unless they are totally obvious and without need of checking. |