RE: [PATCH v2 1/3] ata: ahci: Rename board_ahci_mobile

[Limonciello, Mario]

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> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 12:11:11AM -0600, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > This board definition was originally created for mobile devices to
> > designate default link power managmeent policy to influence runtime
> > power consumption.
> >
> > As this is interesting for more than just mobile designs, rename the
> > board to `board_ahci_low_power` to make it clear it is about default
> > policy.
> 
> Is there any good reason to not just apply the policy to all devices
> by default?

That sure would make this all cleaner.

I think Hans knows more of the history here than anyone else.  I had
presumed there was some data loss scenarios with some of the older
chipsets.

Hans?