Re: Question about failure in PCI power-state change

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Fri Sep 07 2012 - 18:48:30 EST


+cc Rafael, Huang, linux-pm

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On occasion when I unload and reload driver rtl8192ce, I get the message
>
> "Refused to change power state, currently in D3"
>
> I added additional info to the printk and discovered that it was trying to
> change to state D0. The problem seems to occur when I have made a
> connection, unloaded the driver, and reloaded it. If I do not make a
> connection before unloading, then the problem is a lot less likely.
>
> This is with kernel 3.6-rc4 from wireless-testing. A Google search shows
> that the problem is usually due to suspend/resume difficulties, but this
> machine has not been suspended.
>
> I would appreciate any help that you might give in solving this issue.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry
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