linux-kernel - Re: ata and netdev (was Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23)

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:55:02 -0400
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@...xity.net>,
	Dan Faerch <dan@...ker.dk>, Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: ata and netdev (was Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23)

On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 11:24 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > ata-ahci-alpm-store-interrupt-value.patch
> > > ata-ahci-alpm-expose-power-management-policy-option-to-users.patch
> > > ata-ahci-alpm-enable-link-power-management-for-ata-drivers.patch
> > > ata-ahci-alpm-enable-aggressive-link-power-management-for-ahci-controllers.patch
> > > 
> > >  These appear to need some work.
> > 
> > seemed mostly OK to me.  what comments did I miss?
> 
> Oh, I thought these were the patches which affected scsi and which James
> had issues with.  I guess I got confused.

Well ... my concern was really how to make them more generic ... ahci
isn't the only controller that can do phy power management, and it also
seemed to me that the most generic entity for power management was the
transport rather than the SCSI mid-layer, but that debate is still
ongoing.

James


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