linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: Disable ASPM if BIOS asks us to

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Date:	Thu, 2 Dec 2010 23:51:39 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: Disable ASPM if BIOS asks us to

On Thursday, December 02, 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 11:24:31PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > +	if (!aspm_force) {
> > >  		aspm_disabled = 1;
> > > +		if (clear)
> > > +			aspm_clear_state = clear;
> > 
> > Well, is the if(clear) really necessary?
> 
> If the FADT disables ASPM, and then we fail to get the control bits, 
> we'd call this twice and turn off aspm_clear_state.

Ah, thanks.  So if you used a separate function for handling the "BIOS tells
us there's no ASPM" case, that wouldn't be necessary? ;-)
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