From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754985AbYDEVvt (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:51:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753695AbYDEVvj (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:51:39 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:40853 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753625AbYDEVvi (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:51:38 -0400 Message-ID: <47F7F463.2060402@garzik.org> Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:51:31 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rich West CC: Wander Winkelhorst , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux IDE mailing list Subject: Re: sata_via References: <47F694C8.8020507@wesmo.com> <47F6A5E8.1030602@garzik.org> <47F6BD55.3090708@wesmo.com> <5699f8f00804050015kb1ebb1cpf3ab8b587580fffd@mail.gmail.com> <47F7982E.5080701@wesmo.com> In-Reply-To: <47F7982E.5080701@wesmo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.4 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rich West wrote: > I was only curious as to what turning off power management support would > buy with regard to the sata timeout issue. ACPI is not only power management. It is all the information your hardware conveys to your OS, about the setup and workings of your hardware. Without ACPI, non-PM things like SMP, laptop dock/undock, and many other gadgets fail to function (or are configured sub-optimally). ACPI sets up interrupt routing, and Linux history is _loaded_ with _years_ of problem reports that appear as timeouts, only to be resolved as ACPI interrupt bugs (aka BIOS bugs, since ACPI tables come from BIOS). Jeff