linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] ethernet: dec: tulip: use generic power management

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Message-Id: <20200623.203331.577057867637454372.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:33:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vaibhavgupta40@...il.com
Cc:     helgaas@...nel.org, bhelgaas@...gle.com, bjorn@...gaas.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, vaibhav.varodek@...il.com,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] ethernet: dec: tulip: use generic power
 management

From: Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:12:23 +0530

> Linux Kernel Mentee: Remove Legacy Power Management.
> 
> The purpose of this patch series is to remove legacy power management
> callbacks and invocation of PCI helper functions, from tulip ethernet drivers.
> 
> With legacy PM, drivers themselves are responsible for handling the device's
> power states. And they do this with the help of PCI helper functions like
> pci_enable/disable_device(), pci_set/restore_state(), pci_set_powr_state(), etc.
> which is not recommended.
> 
> In generic PM, all the required tasks are handled by PCI core and drivers need
> to perform device-specific operations only.
> 
> All patches are compile-tested only.

Series applied to net-next, thanks.