On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Eric Sultan wrote:
> > Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> > > ...
> > > 1) Would it make sense to support this on x86 hardware as well? (I'm
> > > thinking server class headless systems, which I gather is the target
> > > market for these chips.)
> > It does make sense to support this on Solaris x86.
> > >
> > > 2) Does the driver support any power management features? (power(9e) or
> > > DDI_SUSPEND?)
> > The kernel device driver does not support chip-level power(9e)
> > power-management, but does support display-level PM.
> > I think, and will verify, that the driver does not support
> > DDI_SUSPEND/DDI_RESUME.
>
> DDI_SUSPEND/RESUME would be helpful for some server class systems.
> (Especially when we have useful Wake-On-LAN.) It might be worth supporting,
> but can be done as a bug fix/rfe.
>
Suspend/Resume is a core feature, and drivers are expected to
support DDI_SUSPEND/DDI_RESUME, such that silence implies the project
will implement them. So if this project does not intend to support
this feature at initial integration, it needs to describe in the case
why it will not and/or the plan for implementing them.
Note: Magic Packet WOL does actually work when enabled by the BIOS,
and the driver doesn't actually break it.
---- Randy
