Controlling transitions of devices between normal state and quiescent state

A data processing apparatus has a number of devices having a normal state and a quiescent state in which the device is ready for being placed in a power saving state. Each device provides at least one preference indication indicative of a preference to operate in the normal state or the quiescent st...

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Hauptverfasser: Brown, Dominic William, Crawford, Ashley John, Severino, Christopher Vincent
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Zusammenfassung:A data processing apparatus has a number of devices having a normal state and a quiescent state in which the device is ready for being placed in a power saving state. Each device provides at least one preference indication indicative of a preference to operate in the normal state or the quiescent state. A controller controls a common state transition process for transitioning each of the devices 4 between the normal state and the quiescent state based on the preference indication received from each device.