netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Improve s0ix flows for systems i219LM

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Date:   Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:06:40 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
Cc:     Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Sasha Netfin <sasha.neftin@...el.com>,
        Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>,
        Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...hat.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, darcari@...hat.com,
        Yijun.Shen@...l.com, Perry.Yuan@...l.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Improve s0ix flows for systems i219LM

On Wed,  2 Dec 2020 10:17:43 -0600 Mario Limonciello wrote:
> commit e086ba2fccda ("e1000e: disable s0ix entry and exit flows for ME systems")
> disabled s0ix flows for systems that have various incarnations of the
> i219-LM ethernet controller.  This was done because of some regressions
> caused by an earlier
> commit 632fbd5eb5b0e ("e1000e: fix S0ix flows for cable connected case")
> with i219-LM controller.
> 
> Performing suspend to idle with these ethernet controllers requires a properly
> configured system.  To make enabling such systems easier, this patch
> series allows turning on using ethtool.
> 
> The flows have also been confirmed to be configured correctly on Dell's Latitude
> and Precision CML systems containing the i219-LM controller, when the kernel also
> contains the fix for s0i3.2 entry previously submitted here:
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=160677194809564&w=2
> 
> Patches 3 and 4 will turn the behavior on by default for Dell's CML systems.
> Patch 5 allows accessing the value of the flags via ethtool to tell if the
> heuristics have turned on s0ix flows, as well as for development purposes
> to determine if a system should be added to the heuristics list.

I don't see PCI or Bjorn Helgaas CCed.

You can drop linux-kernel tho.