Re: [PATCH] r8169: Reinstate ALDPS and ASPM support

[Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>]

On 05.06.2018 21:27, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 06/05/2018 12:17 PM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> On 05.06.2018 21:11, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>> [+cc linux-pci]
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 12:28:05PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 06:34:09AM +0000, Ryankao wrote:
>>>>> Add realtek folk Hau
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Kai Heng Feng [mailto:kai.heng.feng@canonical.com] 
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 1:02 PM
>>>>> To: jrg.otte@gmail.com
>>>>> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>; Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com>; hkallweit1@gmail.com; romieu@fr.zoreil.com; Linux Netdev List <netdev@vger.kernel.org>; Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Ryankao <ryankao@realtek.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: Reinstate ALDPS and ASPM support
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jörg Otte,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you give this patch a try?
>>>>>
>>>>> Since you are the only one that reported ALDPS/ASPM regression,
>>>>>
>>>>> And I think this patch should solve the issue you had [1].
>>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully we don't need to go down the rabbit hole of blacklist/whitelist...
>>>>>
>>>>> Kai-Heng
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/1/5/36
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea what ALDPS is.  It's not mentioned in the PCIe spec, so
>>>> presumably it's some Realtek-specific thing.  ASPM is a generic PCIe
>>>> thing.  Changes to these two things should be in separate patches so
>>>> they don't get tangled up.
>>>>
>> ALDPS = Advanced Link Down Power Saving
>> And yes, it's a Realtek feature.
> 
> Link as in Ethernet link or PCI(e) link? Sorry too lazy to let me google
> that for myself :)
> 
Sorry .. Link here refers to the Ethernet PHY.