PM: Update the policy on default wakeup settings

This patch (as1485) documents a change to the kernel's default wakeup
policy.  Devices that forward wakeup requests between buses should be
enabled for wakeup by default.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt
index 3384d5996be2..29b7a9817f5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ try to use its wakeup mechanism.  device_set_wakeup_enable() affects this flag;
 for the most part drivers should not change its value.  The initial value of
 should_wakeup is supposed to be false for the majority of devices; the major
 exceptions are power buttons, keyboards, and Ethernet adapters whose WoL
-(wake-on-LAN) feature has been set up with ethtool.
+(wake-on-LAN) feature has been set up with ethtool.  It should also default
+to true for devices that don't generate wakeup requests on their own but merely
+forward wakeup requests from one bus to another (like PCI bridges).
 
 Whether or not a device is capable of issuing wakeup events is a hardware
 matter, and the kernel is responsible for keeping track of it.  By contrast,