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From: Luca Coelho <luca@coelho.fi>
To: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, chris@rorvick.com
Cc: linuxwifi@intel.com, emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com,
	johannes@sipsolutions.net, kvalo@codeaurora.org,
	oren.givon@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: pcie: fix SPLC structure parsing
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:49:43 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1476380983.3880.33.camel@coelho.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1476363353.1999.17.camel@tiscali.nl>

On Thu, 2016-10-13 at 14:55 +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-10-13 at 15:44 +0300, Luca Coelho wrote:
> >  Even though there is apparently something wrong with this part of the
> > ACPI table on you laptop, since it doesn't match our specifications.
> >  In any case, it's mostly harmless.
> 
> 
> Would a correct implementation by Dell have any benefits for the users
> of these laptops? In other words: should I bother somehow contacting
> Dell and point them to this discussion in order to have them fix this?

This value provides a way for the OEM to fine tune the power budget of
the device.  This is (usually) used to prevent parts of the platform
from getting too hot.  We have a certain default that is good enough
for most cases.  If Dell didn't want to set proper limits for this
device, it probably means that it is not a concern.  Dell does set
these values correctly for other platforms.

So, I guess it's up to you if you want to clarify this with them.  This
could be some default "blank" values when they don't want to change
them.

--
Luca.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-13 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-10  7:19 [PATCH] iwlwifi: pcie: reduce "unsupported splx" to a warning Chris Rorvick
2016-10-10 14:02 ` Luca Coelho
2016-10-11 10:11   ` Paul Bolle
2016-10-11 14:09     ` Chris Rorvick
2016-10-11 14:27       ` Chris Rorvick
2016-10-12  6:25       ` Luca Coelho
2016-10-12  4:32     ` Chris Rorvick
2016-10-12 12:24       ` Luca Coelho
2016-10-12 12:36         ` Paul Bolle
2016-10-12 13:06           ` Luca Coelho
2016-10-12  6:11     ` Luca Coelho
2016-10-12  6:52       ` Paul Bolle
2016-10-12 17:50         ` Chris Rorvick
2016-10-12 18:05           ` Paul Bolle
2016-10-12 18:36             ` Chris Rorvick
2016-10-13  9:01           ` Luca Coelho
2016-10-13 10:21             ` [PATCH] iwlwifi: pcie: fix SPLC structure parsing Luca Coelho
2016-10-13 11:27               ` Paul Bolle
2016-10-13 11:30                 ` Luca Coelho
2016-10-13 12:36                   ` Paul Bolle
2016-10-13 12:44                     ` Luca Coelho
2016-10-13 12:55                       ` Paul Bolle
2016-10-13 17:49                         ` Luca Coelho [this message]
2016-10-13 13:56                 ` Chris Rorvick
2016-10-13 14:30                   ` Luca Coelho

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