From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:56464 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752330Ab1KUSaw (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:30:52 -0500 Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:26:34 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "Guy, Wey-Yi" Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, mjg@redhat.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: pci: Rework ASPM disable code patch Message-ID: <20111121182634.GA7037@suse.de> (sfid-20111121_193055_507580_B4C2450D) References: <1321896029.11647.50.camel@wwguy-huron> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1321896029.11647.50.camel@wwguy-huron> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 09:20:29AM -0800, Guy, Wey-Yi wrote: > Hi John/Garrett/Greg, > > We test the ASPM patch with the Intel WiFi devices on number of > platforms and the improvement is huge. What "ASPM patch"? > In the "idle associated" mode, the power consumption number for our new > devices down to ~40mW range from over 120mW. > > We will do more testing but I will suggest to apply this patch to the > stable release. What is the git commit id of this patch? Have you read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to properly submit a patch to the stable kernel trees? thanks, greg k-h