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diff --git a/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt b/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 638afdf4d6b..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/power/drivers-testing.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -Testing suspend and resume support in device drivers - (C) 2007 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, GPL - -1. Preparing the test system - -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 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 -resume without the driver being tested. Thus, if possible, you should first -resolve all suspend/resume-related problems in the test system before you start -testing the new driver. Please see Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt -for more information about the debugging of suspend/resume functionality. - -2. Testing the driver - -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 test modes of hibernation - (see: Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 1). - -b) Load the driver and attempt to hibernate in the "reboot", "shutdown" and - "platform" modes (see: Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt, 1). - -c) Compile the driver directly into the kernel and try the test modes of - hibernation. - -d) Attempt to hibernate with the driver compiled directly into the kernel - in the "reboot", "shutdown" and "platform" modes. - -e) Try the test modes of suspend (see: Documentation/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: Documentation/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 -regarded as suspend/resume-safe. |