linux-kernel - RE: Can we just remove the sw_lpm_support from current xhci driver?

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Date:   Tue, 16 Oct 2018 03:23:05 +0000
From:   "Zengtao (B)" <prime.zeng@...ilicon.com>
To:     Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Can we just remove the sw_lpm_support from current xhci driver?

Hi Mathias:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mathias Nyman [mailto:mathias.nyman@...el.com]
>Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 8:11 PM
>To: Zengtao (B) <prime.zeng@...ilicon.com>; Greg KH
><gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: Can we just remove the sw_lpm_support from current xhci
>driver?
>
>On 15.10.2018 12:35, Zengtao (B) wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> I am recently reading the LPM related code in xhci driver, and I find
>> that the xhci->sw_lpm_support is not really used, but I am not sure
>>   whether we should remove it or not?
>>
>> Any ideas, Thanks.
>
>I think it was used to prevent LPM in pre-0.96 xHC controllers.
>Now driver only supports HW LPM for 1.0 and later controllers, so
>xhci->sw_lpm_support doesn't really do anything.
>
>You can send a patch removing it
>
Ok, I will send a patch to do it, thanks.

>Thanks
>-Mathias