Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:01:23 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: SATA suspend-to-ram patch - merge? |
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Joshua Kwan wrote: > > >Is Jens' patch still relevant? If so, should it be rediffed and merged > > >into mainline? It doesn't seem to cause any weird side-effects. > > > > > >More importantly, I would be inclined to properly rediff Jens' patch and > > >merge it into Debian 2.6.12 kernel sources if there aren't any such > > >side-effects, since it benefits everyone using SATA and suspend-to-ram > > >(that is, users of relatively modern laptops.) > > > > Jens' patch is technical correct for SATA, but really we want to do more > > stuff at the SCSI layer (see James Bottomley's response to Jens' patch). > > > > Unfortunately, this also implies that we have to figure out which SCSI > > devices are available to be power-managed, and which SCSI devices are on > > a shared bus that should never be suspended. > > > > So currently we are in limbo... > > Which is a shame, since it means that software suspend on sata is > basically impossible :)
so just go with Jens's patch for SATA until SCSI knows more about power management??
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