Re: [PATCH] ata: ahci: power off unused ports

[Greg Freemyer]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mark Lord wrote:
>>
>> For the power-off of unused ports, the current patch still sounds
>> extremely vendor-specific (Intel).
>>
>> Does it actually work (demonstrate, please) on any other hardware ?
>
> Ding...  correct.  We need something per-port that's not Intel specific.
>
>        Jeff

But, isn't Alan correct that the new logic is useful to some and with
a simple boot option is can be used to enable / disable it.

So if it is defaulted it to disabled, and the end user is allowed to
have a boot option to enable it, you get a reasonable first step for
now.

Greg
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