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>Changing Power Modes -- reducing or increasing power consumption as needed</DIV
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>#include <cyg/power/power.h></PRE
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> void power_set_mode
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>( PowerMode new_mode
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> void power_set_controller_mode
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>( PowerController* controller
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> void power_set_controller_mode_now
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>( PowerController* controller
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>Changing the Global Power Mode</H2
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>The primary functionality supported by the power management package is
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to change the system's global power mode. This is achieved by calling
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the function <TT
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>power_set_mode</TT
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> with a single
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argument, which should be one of <TT
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be invoked in certain scenarios:</P
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><P
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>A typical system will contain a policy module which is primarily
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responsible for initiating power mode changes, and a thread inside the
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power management package. The policy module will call
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>power_set_mode</TT
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>, which has the effect of
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manipulating some internal state in the power management package and
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waking up its thread. When this thread gets scheduled to run (its
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priority is controlled by a configuration option), it will iterate
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over the power controllers and invoke each controller to change its
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power mode. There is support for a <A
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HREF="power-policy.html#POWER-POLICY-CALLBACK"
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>callback function</A
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>detached</A
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> power controllers.</P
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>After a call to <TT
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> but before the
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power management thread has had a chance to iterate over all the
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controllers, or even before the thread has been rescheduled at all,
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the policy module may decide that a different power mode would be more
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appropriate for the current situation and calls
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> again. This has the effect of
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aborting the previous mode change, followed by the power management
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thread iterating over the power controllers again for the new mode.</P
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changes, any code can call <TT
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there are multiple calls in quick succession, earlier calls will
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be aborted and the system should end up in the power mode
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corresponding to the last call</P
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>As a special case, it is possible for a power controller to call
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>power_set_mode</TT
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> when invoked by the power
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management thread. For example a power controller could decide that it
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is inappropriate for the system to go to sleep because the device it
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is associated with is still busy. The effect is as if the policy
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module had called <TT
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>power_set_mode</TT
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> again before
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the mode change had completed.</P
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><P
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separate thread then obviously the behaviour is somewhat different.
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The call to <TT
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>power_set_mode</TT
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> will now iterate over
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the various power controllers immediately, rather than leaving this to
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a separate thread, and the whole mode change completes before
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>power_set_mode</TT
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> returns. If some other thread or a
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DSR calls <TT
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>power_set_mode</TT
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> concurrently the
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behaviour of the system is undefined. However, it is still legal for a
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power controller to call <TT
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>power_set_mode</TT
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>:
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effectively this is a recursive call; it is detected by the system,
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and internal state is updated; the recursive
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<TT
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>power_set_mode</TT
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> call now returns, and when the
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power controller returns back to the original
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>power_set_mode</TT
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> call it detects what has happened,
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aborts the previous mode change, and starts a new mode change as
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requested by the controller.</P
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><P
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><TT
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>power_set_mode</TT
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> is normally invoked from thread
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context. If a separate power management thread is used it can be
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invoked safely from DSR context. If the system is configured not to
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use such a thread, it may or may not be safe to invoke this function
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from DSR context: essentially the function just iterates through
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the various power controllers, and the documentation or source code of
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each controller present in the current system will have to be examined
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to determine whether or not this can happen safely in DSR context.
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>power_set_mode</TT
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>In some cases it is desirable to set the power mode of an individual
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controller separately from the mode for the system as a whole. For
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example if a device is not currently being used then the associated
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power controller could be set to <TT
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>PowerMode_Off</TT
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>,
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even while the system as a whole is still active. This can be achieved
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by calling the function
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>power_set_controller_mode</TT
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>. It takes two
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arguments: the first identifies a particular controller; the second
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specifies the desired new power mode for that controller. The function
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operates in much the same way as <TT
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>power_set_mode</TT
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>,
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for example if a separate power management thread is being used then
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<TT
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CLASS="FUNCTION"
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>power_set_controller_mode</TT
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> operates by
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manipulating some internal state and waking up that thread. The
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limitations are also much the same as for
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<TT
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CLASS="FUNCTION"
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>power_set_mode</TT
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>, so for example
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<TT
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>power_set_controller_mode</TT
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> should not be invoked
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from inside ISRs.</P
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><P
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>Manipulating individual controllers is often used in conjunction with
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the function <A
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><TT
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>power_set_controller_attached</TT
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>,
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allowing the policy module to specify which controllers are affected
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by global mode changes.</P
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>Direct Manipulation of a Power Controller</H2
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>In exceptional circumstances it may be necessary to invoke a power
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controller directly, bypassing the power management thread and
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higher-level functionality such as <A
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>callback functions</A
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