Posted by Cliff Brake on 2009-12-07 |
One of the most common power management modes for ARM processors is the suspend mode. In this mode, peripherals are shut down when possible, the SDRAM is put into self-refresh, and the CPU is placed in a low power mode. A useful bit of information is to know how soon the system can respond to [...]
Posted by Cliff Brake on 2009-11-23 |
This article provides an overview of the Linux kernel support for the suspend state in the TI OMAP3. Power management has always been one of the more difficult parts of a system to get right. The OMAP3 power management is quite extensive. There are many levels of very granular control over the entire system. Initially, [...]