[Cbe-oss-dev] PS3 Linux Wake-on-Bluetooth

Geoff Levand geoff at infradead.org
Wed May 5 03:17:28 EST 2010


Hi,

On 05/04/2010 08:50 AM, Nebojsa Simic wrote:
> This is my first posting on the list and I write because I have a
> major problem with my Linux on PS3. The problem is that I have to get
> up from my couch each time I turn it on thus wasting precious energy
> which would normally be converted into body fat.
> 
> So the question is:
> Is it possible to implement a "wake-on-bluetooth" feature in linux on ps3 ?
> The XMB supports it, so I'm curious whether the hypervisor allows it ?
> and :
> Is it already implemented somewhere ?
> If it is possible but not implemented, I can do it, but where do I start ?

Wakeup is done by the PS3's system manager.  Unfortunately, the option
to wake on BT is not available to the OtherOS.  You can see the code
for wakup, and what is supported here:

  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git;a=blob;f=drivers/ps3/ps3-sys-manager.c;hb=HEAD#l186

-Geoff



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