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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:49:47 +0200 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI Express ASPM support should default to 'No' Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com> writes: > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 17:12 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: >> On Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:28 pm Jesper Juhl wrote: >> > Running 'make oldconfig' I just noticed that PCIEASPM defaults to >> > 'y' in Kconfig even though the feature is both experimental and the >> > help text recommends that if you are unsure you say 'n'. >> > It seems to me that this really should default to 'n', not 'y' at the >> > moment. >> > The following patch makes that change. Please consider applying. >> >> Seem reasonable, Shaohua? Please cc linux-pci on PCI patches >> though... > Ok, I'm fine with the patch. Though by default, the policy is to use > BIOS setting, that is if BIOS disables ASPM, we don't enable it too. Once the feature is considered stable it would be nice to make it default y again. I think any power saving should be on by default (unless serious issues are known), not off. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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