From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:39812 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753509Ab1KUUy4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:54:56 -0500 Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:51:39 -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: <20111121205139.GA11055@suse.de> (sfid-20111121_215510_157127_49189A73) References: <1321896029.11647.50.camel@wwguy-huron> <20111121182634.GA7037@suse.de> <1321897113.11647.52.camel@wwguy-huron> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1321897113.11647.52.camel@wwguy-huron> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 09:38:33AM -0800, Guy, Wey-Yi wrote: > On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 10:26 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > 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"? > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/11/212 Ok, yet you feel that my statement there is not sufficient right now? > > > 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? You failed to answer this :( {sigh} greg k-h