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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Todd Broch <tbroch@chromium.org>
Cc: Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@realtek.com>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: add module param for control of ASPM  disable
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:59:36 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111112045935.GA24292@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1321052755-15368-1-git-send-email-tbroch@chromium.org>

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 03:05:55PM -0800, Todd Broch wrote:
> ASPM has been disabled in this driver by default as its been
> implicated in stability issues on at least one platform.  This CL adds
> a  module parameter to allow control of ASPM disable.  The default
> value is to enable ASPM again as its provides signficant (200mW) power
> savings on the platform I tested.

The default is then to break some hardware. That's not reasonable. 
Instead, we need to identify which chip versions are broken and limit 
the blacklist to them.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-12  4:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-11 23:05 [PATCH] r8169: add module param for control of ASPM disable Todd Broch
2011-11-12  4:59 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2011-11-12 10:46   ` Francois Romieu
     [not found]     ` <CA+iF6Rog3ptpmQZzhcRODmZUKN18_uw5t9xfpQjbJ86qKUA0eQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-11-15 16:32       ` Matthew Garrett
2011-11-17  9:37       ` Francois Romieu
     [not found]         ` <CA+iF6RqKScip+6w-tzo3sF+hEsYDUefED29KEBrx5TDaZaTEbA@mail.gmail.com>
2011-11-17 21:26           ` Matthew Garrett

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