Re: [PATCH]libata-acpi: add ACPI _PSx method

Jeff Garzik
2007-11-03T13:01:18Z

Shaohua Li wrote:
> Not sure, this is just to call a BIOS routine, but a check should be
> safer. Thanks!
>
> ACPI spec (ver 3.0a, p289) requires IDE power on/off executes ACPI _PSx
> methods. As recently most PATA drivers use libata, this patch adds _PSx
> method support in libata. ACPI spec doesn't mention if SATA requires the
> same _PSx method.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

What is the safety factor on this patch? :)

Since we are into 2.6.24-rc, my preference would be to let this get some
testing in -mm, and push it upstream for 2.6.25. Comments?

Jeff