@@ -160,19 +160,22 @@ associated with this PHY.
PM Runtime
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-This subsystem is pm runtime enabled. So while creating the PHY,
-pm_runtime_enable of the phy device created by this subsystem is called and
-while destroying the PHY, pm_runtime_disable is called. Note that the phy
-device created by this subsystem will be a child of the device that calls
-phy_create (PHY provider device).
-
-So pm_runtime_get_sync of the phy_device created by this subsystem will invoke
-pm_runtime_get_sync of PHY provider device because of parent-child relationship.
-It should also be noted that phy_power_on and phy_power_off performs
-phy_pm_runtime_get_sync and phy_pm_runtime_put respectively.
-There are exported APIs like phy_pm_runtime_get, phy_pm_runtime_get_sync,
-phy_pm_runtime_put, phy_pm_runtime_put_sync, phy_pm_runtime_allow and
-phy_pm_runtime_forbid for performing PM operations.
+This subsystem deploys runtime PM support. More precisely, calls to
+pm_runtime_get_sync() and to pm_runtime_put() surrounds calls to the phy
+provider callbacks, ->init|exit(), in phy_init|exit(). At phy_power_on(), the
+runtime PM usage count is raised again, via pm_runtime_get_sync(). The usage
+count remain raised, until the internal phy power on count reaches zero in
+phy_power_off(), at which point pm_runtime_put() is called to restore the
+runtime PM usage count. In this way, the device is guranteed to stay runtime
+resumed as long as the phy is powered on.
+
+In regards to the runtime PM deployment in the phy core, it should also be
+noted that it's deployed for the phy provider device, which is the parent of
+the phy child device. In other words, the phy device created by the phy core
+remains runtime PM disabled. Of course, whether runtime PM is really used or
+not, depends on whether the phy provider driver has enabled runtime PM for its
+provider device. More exactly, pm_runtime_enable() needs to be called prior
+calling phy_create() or devm_phy_create().
PHY Mappings
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Let's update and clarify he phy documentation, to reflect the latest changes around the runtime PM deployment in the phy core. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> --- Documentation/phy.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4