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4/8/2010

Power Manager uses the following I/O controls to communicate with a device.

IOCTL Description

IOCTL_POWER_CAPABILITIES

Requests that the device inform Power Manager which power states it supports and what their characteristics are.

IOCTL_POWER_SET

Requests that the device update its device power state.

IOCTL_POWER_QUERY

Asks the device if it is ready to go into a new device power state.

IOCTL_POWER_GET

Requests that the device inform Power Manager of its current device power state.

IOCTL_REGISTER_POWER_RELATIONSHIP

Notifies the parent device to register all devices it controls.

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