linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ata: ahci: Rename CONFIG_SATA_LPM

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Date:   Mon, 4 Apr 2022 21:33:43 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
Cc:     Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com>,
        "open list:LIBATA SUBSYSTEM (Serial and Parallel ATA drivers)" 
        <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, hdegoede@...hat.com,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ata: ahci: Rename CONFIG_SATA_LPM_POLICY
 configuration item back

On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> CONFIG_SATA_LPM_MOBILE_POLICY was renamed to CONFIG_SATA_LPM_POLICY in
> commit 4dd4d3deb502 ("ata: ahci: Rename CONFIG_SATA_LPM_MOBILE_POLICY
> configuration item").
> 
> This caused some pain as users would invisibly lose configuration policy
> defaults when they built the new kernel.  To help alleviate that, switch
> back to the old name (even if it's wrong).

Note that for this to be useful it would have to go into 5.18.