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NiLuJe · 09-05-2019, 04:02 PM

Except when a device is in suspend... it's in suspend. You can't interact with it via software. For all intents and purposes, it's dead to the (user-space) OS.

Hence the need to setup a *hardware* wakeup via rtc (which will in turn wake the kernel up).

09-05-2019, 04:02 PM	#24
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Except when a device is in suspend... it's in suspend. You can't interact with it via software. For all intents and purposes, it's dead to the (user-space) OS. Hence the need to setup a hardware wakeup via rtc (which will in turn wake the kernel up).