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

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Message-ID: <a0598c8f-692a-fcb8-9553-32f6947a8fc3@opensource.wdc.com>
Date:   Tue, 5 Apr 2022 13:34:41 +0900
From:   Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
Cc:     "open list:LIBATA SUBSYSTEM (Serial and Parallel ATA drivers)" 
        <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, hdegoede@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ata: ahci: Rename CONFIG_SATA_LPM_POLICY
 configuration item back

On 4/5/22 13:33, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.

Yep, that's the plan. I will send it for rc2.

-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research