linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/3] Expose Power Management Policy option to users

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:00:29 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>
CC:	james.bottomley@...eleye.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	htejun@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch 2/3] Expose Power Management Policy option to users

Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> This patch will modify the scsi and ata subsystem to allow
> users to set a power management policy for the link.
> libata drivers can define a function (enable_pm) that will
> perform hardware specific actions to enable whatever power
> management policy the user sets up if the driver supports
> it.  This power management policy will be activated after
> all disks have been enumerated and intialized.
> 
> The scsi subsystem will create a new sysfs file for each
> host in /sys/class/scsi_host called "link_power_management_policy".
> This file can have 3 possible values:
> 
> Value		Meaning
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> min_power	User wishes the link to conserve power as much as
> 		possible, even at the cost of some performance
> 
> max_performance User wants priority to be on performance, not power
> 		savings
> 
> medium_power	User wants power savings, with less performance cost
> 		than min_power (but less power savings as well).
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by:  Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>

seems OK at first glance, though I request that ata and scsi portions be 
split into separate patches

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