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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ata: ahci: power off unused ports
Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:03:04 -0400
> Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca> wrote:
>
>> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>> Alan Cox wrote:
>>>>> If you are talking about SATA -- incorrect.
>>>>>
>>>>> The patch deals with policy, and the user MUST have the ability to
>>>>> control this stuff. Otherwise you create a situation where the user
>>>>> might be denied hotplug use in valid cases, or similar negative
>>>>> situations.
>>>> The policy isn't however complicated. Tejun added the stuff for forcing
>>>> cable type and mode on setup and has therefore written all the per device
>>>> setup code we might need. Alternatively a single
>>>>
>>>> foo=1/0
>>>>
>>>> option has been fine for acpi and will do fine for this. Total additional
>>>> cost - 1 line.
>>> The key requirement is per-port control. Ideally via hdparm or another
>>> userspace tool, but kernel command line (module options) or sysfs would
>>> be just fine too. And agreed, the minimal you need is simply 1/0 for
>>> the port's policy.
>> ..
>>
>> Btw.. hdparm-8.7 (unreleased) can grok /sys now, so that interface is
>> as good as any from a userspace viewpoint now.
>>
>> For the power-off of unused ports, the current patch still sounds
>> extremely vendor-specific (Intel).
>
> Wrong - this patch is implemented according to the AHCI spec and
> has absolutely nothing vendor specific in it.

ITHM AHCI-specific, and not usable by non-AHCI SATA controllers -- which
we would want in any solution.

Jeff






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