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Power Management of USB Host Controllers August 30, 2004 Abstract This paper provides information about power capabilities of USB 2.0 host controllers. It outlines the procedure for defining capabilities and explains interpretation of these capabilities by the USB host controller drivers in the Microsoft? Windows? family of operating systems. The power capabilities for USB host controllers are conceived by the underlying PCI bus driver. The ACPI driver optionally modifies these capabilities before handing them to the host controller drivers. The drivers retain these capabilities for their hardware entities. This paper provides guidelines for programming these capabilities and demonstrates how incorrect values can cause problems in the power management of the system. This document assumes familiarity with concepts of system power management and USB host controllers. This information applies for the following operating systems:Microsoft Windows Vista?Microsoft Windows ServerTM 2003 Service Pack 1Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 The current version of this paper is maintained on the Web at /whdc/system/bus/usb/default.mspx. References and resources discussed here are listed at the end of this paper. Contents Introduction 3 USB 2.0 Host Controller 3 Port Routing 3 PCI Power Management 4 EHCI Power Management Interface 4 ACPI 5 _SxD (Sx Device State) 5 _PRW (Power Resources for Wake) 6 Device Power Management Capabilities 7 USB Host Controller Driver 7 USBBIOSx 8 Illustrations 8 Consistent Power Capabilities across Different Controllers 8 Onboard EHCI controller with no _PRW Object 9 Effect of Selective Suspend 9 Mobile Platform with Hardwired USB Device 10 References 10 Appendix A: EHCI Core Logic Powered from Auxiliary Source 11 Disclaimer The information contained in this document represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it shou