On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:27:34 +0900
Tejun Heo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Any chance the SCSI peeps could ACK this, and then let me include it in
> > the ALPM patchset in the libata tree?
>
> ATA link PS is pretty complex with HIPM, DIPM and AHCI ALPM. I'm not
> sure whether this three level knob would be sufficient. It might be
> good enough if we're gonna develop extensive in-kernel black/white list
> specifying which method works on which combination but my gut tells me
> that it's best left to userland (probably in the form of per-notebook PS
> profile).
I think what you are saying is that you'd like a way to use your HIPM
and DIPM without ALPM on the AHCI driver. Fine - it's really easy
to add these levels later - if they don't make sense at the sysfs interface
we can add module params to specify the definition of "min_power" as
being performed via HIPM and DIPM instead of ALPM - although as of yet we
have no evidence what so ever that this method actually adds value over
ALPM.
>
> Adding to the fun, there are quite a few broken devices out there which
> act weirdly when link PS actions are taken.
OK - this is why I added the blacklist for this feature.
>
> Also, I generally don't think AHCI ALPM is a good idea. It doesn't have
> 'cool down' period before entering PS state which unnecessarily hampers
> performance and might increase chance of device malfunction.
"might increase"? How about some actual examples of where you've shown
this to be a problem? I can assert that I think ALPM is a good idea,
because I've never had a report of it causing problems. Windows has
been using this feature for a very long time - and you have to admit that
they have a pretty large market share. Nobody is complaining about ALPM
increasing device malfunction, so unless you have proof it seems insane
to nak due to this.
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