linux-kernel-test/include
Matthew Garrett 3c076351c4 PCI: Rework ASPM disable code
Right now we forcibly clear ASPM state on all devices if the BIOS indicates
that the feature isn't supported. Based on the Microsoft presentation
"PCI Express In Depth for Windows Vista and Beyond", I'm starting to think
that this may be an error. The implication is that unless the platform
grants full control via _OSC, Windows will not touch any PCIe features -
including ASPM. In that case clearing ASPM state would be an error unless
the platform has granted us that control.

This patch reworks the ASPM disabling code such that the actual clearing
of state is triggered by a successful handoff of PCIe control to the OS.
The general ASPM code undergoes some changes in order to ensure that the
ability to clear the bits isn't overridden by ASPM having already been
disabled. Further, this theoretically now allows for situations where
only a subset of PCIe roots hand over control, leaving the others in the
BIOS state.

It's difficult to know for sure that this is the right thing to do -
there's zero public documentation on the interaction between all of these
components. But enough vendors enable ASPM on platforms and then set this
bit that it seems likely that they're expecting the OS to leave them alone.

Measured to save around 5W on an idle Thinkpad X220.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2011-12-05 10:21:45 -08:00
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acpi Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux 2011-11-07 10:13:52 -08:00
asm-generic Merge Qualcom Hexagon architecture 2011-11-01 07:48:13 -07:00
crypto
drm drm/radeon/kms: add some new pci ids 2011-12-01 16:34:15 +00:00
keys
linux PCI: Rework ASPM disable code 2011-12-05 10:21:45 -08:00
math-emu
media Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
misc
mtd
net sch_red: fix red_calc_qavg_from_idle_time 2011-11-30 23:27:22 -05:00
pcmcia
rdma Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband 2011-11-01 10:51:38 -07:00
rxrpc
scsi Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2011-10-28 16:44:18 -07:00
sound Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
target Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2011-11-06 19:00:42 -08:00
trace Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
video ARM: OMAP: HWMOD: Unify DSS resets for OMAPs 2011-11-08 03:16:13 -07:00
xen xen: Remove hanging references to CONFIG_XEN_PLATFORM_PCI 2011-11-16 12:13:42 -05:00
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