From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno Ducrot Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Add C3 support to P4-M / ICH-M chipsets Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 20:01:55 +0200 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20040521180155.GP29214@poupinou.org> References: <20040518211431.GA17545@hell.org.pl> <1085110450.12353.553.camel@dhcppc4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1085110450.12353.553.camel-D2Zvc0uNKG8@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Len Brown Cc: Karol Kozimor , ACPI Developers List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:34:11PM -0400, Len Brown wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 17:14, Karol Kozimor wrote: > > > Now, for the tricky part: > > > > 1) Is it actually worth it? Do the power savings justify the effort? Are > > there many people who might benefit from this patch? > > 2) Are there any chances on merging such chipset-specific quirks? > > Obviously, not in the current form, but possibly as a separate object > > surrounded by pci_find_subsys() or anything appropriate? > > Karol, > Good hunting ont he chip set spect etc. IIRC, there is trouble with C3 on a ICH3m, though I do not remember exactly if that is true. I will look at the specs update. > But lets wait till after we have a _CST based implementation in place > and then see if the workarounds are still necessary then. I doubt this will work. At least my patch do require ARB_DIS, as well for those writen by Dominik IIRC. -- Bruno Ducrot -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click